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The Jasper news., 1921-01-13

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comparing farms Of different types.
Crop yields greatly influence farm
profits. Some farmers make fair prof
its with low yields because some other
phase of the farm business Is sufii-
ciently developed TO offse' the poor
yields, but II is doubtless true that
these same farmers could make more
money with higher yields. Profits In
crease at least until yielts are OBJ
tained considerably above the aver
age for the region, but beyond this
limit very high yields are liable to he
obtained at the expense of farm prof
its.
Quality Of Live Stock Important.
On farms where live stock is an Inn
portant enterprise, the quality Of the
stock is very important. On major
lty of farms, except In the South and
certain of the Western states, more Of
the crops are fed TO live stock than
are sold direct. On many farms the
animals are the market for the crops,
hence the production of these is
most important factor In farm profits.
The best of corn and hny crops will
count for little when fed to animals
that make returns below the market
prices for these crops. On the other
hanu, rood live stock on the individual
farms may not be profitable If not fed
and cared for economically.
The exceedingly diverse nature Of
farm operations makes wide Opportun-
lty for inefficiency to-enter into their
performance. In factory with mod
ern machinery d man is expected to do
certain amount OF work. and in
many instances the machine sets the
pace for him. Generally the worker
on the farm must be his own boss and
must set his own pace. He must also
work under most adverse weather con-
dltions at certain times.
Well.5aIanced Farm Profitable.
A well-balanced farm business Is
nearly always profitable. The farms
that are as good or better than the
average Of their community In all four
of the factors here mentioned seldom
fail to make a good profit. Thus, II
farm is devoted to type of farm
ing adopted to Its conditions, II 1t is
as good or better than the average In
size Of business, yield of crops, prOduc-
tion of live stock, and efficiency In the
use of labor, and is adequately and
economically equipped, it is almost
certain to be profitable. The weak
est factor is the one that needs atten-
tlon in improving the business. If the
| quality of the live stock is high, great
er improvement in the farm business
can usually be obtained by devoting
attention to developing the size Of the
| business or sale of cash crops, or in
creasing labor efficiency, rather than
by further improving the quality Of
| live stock.
The Department Of Agriculture has
recently prepared bulletin" A Meth
cd of Analysing the Farm Business" )"
which contains valuable information
for farmers who wish to organize their
operations on an economic basis. This
bulletin and other printed matter On
the subject may be had by interested
' persons free.
The Jasper news., 1921-01-13
| Woman Likes to be Admired
No Matter How Old
She May Be

Nature undoubtedly made
woman to be admired, and man to
admire her. Good looks in women
do not depend upon age, but upon
health. You never see good
looking woman who Is weak, rum
down, irritable, out Of sorts, fidgety
and nervous. Headaches, back
aches, dragging-down pains, irreg-
ularties and troubles Of that sort
are all destroyers Of beauty. Men
do not admire sickness.
Here Is what one woman says:
KANSAS CITY, KANs. - Some
time AGO | suffered with weaknesa
The Jasper news., 1921-01-13

and w ON q n 3
trouble. would
suffer such pain
and distress that
! would have TO
give up. / was
nearly a nervous
wreck when l
heard Of Doctor
Favorite Pre-
tcription for
The Jasper news., 1921-01-13

Gre should he always under control
and precautions taken to allow the
flames TO penetrate the layers of stone
or shell.
The Jasper news., 1921-01-13
Encourage Purchasers.

Painted buildings and well kept
fences bring buyers to see the owner
OF the farm.
The Jasper news., 1921-01-13
LIfe's chief compensations do not
come In pay envelopes.
Important to Mothere

1t takes a clever woman to refrain
from posing as a clever woman.
The Jasper news., 1921-01-13

Censure from a wise man is better
than approval from q fool.
The Jasper news., 1921-01-13

Dodging duty never brings success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
HE FINDS BURIED CITIES

Arthur ChdpHldH III I<CSiAS S'
 pr. Jesse walter Fewkes, archeolog- ist. has unearthed and restored many buried ruins in our southwest.
 Tn recent seasons he has uncovered some wonderful buildings in Mesa Verde National park in southwestern Colorado. His discoveries have done much to stimulate public interest i'll the first Americans who lived in the southwest long before Columbus be- gan his ventures.
 pr. Fewkes' first work in Mesa Verde National park was the restora- tion of those great cliff ruins, Spruce Tree house and Cliff Palace. These are among the finest of the many ruins hidden in the cliffs in the canyons that seam the national park. They were filled with dirt and debris, and in some cases vandals had wrought great de- struction in the search for mummies and pottery. In short time Dr. Fewkes had the ruins cleared of rub bish. Walls were strengthened, and In some cases partially rebuilt to show 
 how they had been in liff-dWeller times. Across the canyon from Cliff Palace was a huge mound, with an- cient trees growing out of it. pr. Fewkes had this mound dug away and uncovered the walls of magnificent building known as the Sun Temple, evidently place of worship. Turning his attention to group of mounds in another part of the park. pr. sFewkes uncovered a great, rectangular build : ing known as Far View house. This building evidently was one of the great vanished race. It is believed that an entire buried city will eventually be unearthed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
Eisherman,s IdeaI

T understand that Hugh Hill is making an effort to rbuild the dam at Edgewood park" said Bob Herman lez. Tt is my sincere wish that he accom- plishes this, for once he puts the idea into operation, pleasure seekers will have one of the finest lakes anywh ere for boating and fishing. That .ake could be stocked with fish, and .ish> ermen could find one of the most pie turesque spots in Alabama within a few minutes ride of the heart of the city.
 Learning that this would be made possible by the formation of the Edge wood Park Booster club, I lost no time ir applying for membership in the CTS ganization. I understand that the membership list is filling rapidly, and that within the course of few weeks tho would-be. entrant- must needs place his name on a waiting list, and be forced to abide his tim until a vac1n> ley occurs before he can affiliate with the organization"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
Says RuiId Now

Tn spite of the fact that the build F ing inspectors report shows an in- crease in permits last year for build- ing, it does not seem as if the housing situation is being met, and it will surely become even more serious in the spring at moving time, unless building activities begin at once" said IJ. J. Laumer, president of the Whole sale Lumbermen's club of <Birming- ham,
 No more opportune time could be found for building boom in the south, where weather conditions are favora> > ble during almost the entire winter, and now money is getting easier fol building purposes, there is decline in Humber as well as all other bull ling
 material and labor is plentiful.
 However, these well combined cons ditions are bound to be short lived, for the northern retail yards are Degin> ming to place orders to meet the ,e> mand that will be created in their sec ton as soon as the snow is cleared away enough to permit construction. When the great cry for homes goes up, someone will be left out as there lis no huge supply of lumber on Land.
 Many mills curtailed their producsio to the extent of running only three to l five days a week during the dull period, which is just passing. The south should adopt the slogan of Build Now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
niIrs Summer Resort


 The more l think of that summer colony idea of Hugh Hilrs, the more tickled l get over the proposition said Ray Bolton.
 This unique plan to build cottages on the mountain and transform Edge wood park into a summer resort Is going to prove one of the handiest things imaginable. Heretofore, when the heat waves have borne down on weary Birminghammers, they have been faced by the inconvenience of packing and buying mileage TOT some place many milss removed from the Magic City.
 The coming summer, al: a fellow will have to do when the heat becomes oppressive will be to crank the flivver, or pay car fare, telling mother and children, Bring quilt or so along. We are going out to Edgewood to spend month at one of those dandy little cottages we looked at the other day.
 The organization of the Edgewood Park Booster club and the general rush for membership made this stunt possible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08

portions and is so vitally connected with Birmingham and other Warrior river cities that it is of interest to learn the details.
 In the shipping division last month the port set a new record for ship ments with 95ivessels of total ton mage of 143,77S. For the year off cially compiled statistics show there were 858 steamers of 1,241 ,338 ton mage. Every month in 1920 with the exception of two, registered an in- crease over the corresponding month in 1919.
 It is announced that freight move- ment through the port increased in proportion to the increased tonnage. The exact figures have not been an- nounced, but the shipments are large y Ol IlS DlIHilHBildll uiSIIlCU-SCSel, pig iron, cast iron pipe and fittings, coal, lumber and other commercial staples. And supplementing the ship ping figures, the banks, the most ac- curate barometers of any city, re- veal prosperous conditions in the fol lowing report:
 The Mobile Clearing House as-
 .sociation shows total clearings for
 the year of s12S,s7199 exclu-
 siye of out -of-town checks as com
 pared with s1o1, 1,2S3,177.40 for the
 year 1919. Increased clearings are
 shown for each of the 12 months
 of 1920 over 1919, with the excep-
 tion of December, when the total
 dropped from $10,464,531.94 to $1O,-
 2S7310.99, as compared with 1919.
 Clearings for all other months of
 1920 increased from $1,Oo0,0OO to
 above $S,O0O, 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08

, In the old days "moonshiners" fre- quently "shot it out" with revenue of ficers. Now most of them prefer to run. The stock must be detcriorating.
 The upper Rhine has gone dry. This is, however, a natural phenomenon. and does not mean there is a scarcity of beer in that part of the world.
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 Prices may be tumbling, but you will notice that the nickel is still waiting for an opportunity to show what it can do without assistance.
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 It is announced that MT. Dempsey will box six rounds Possibly this much exer- tion will not shorten the young mans life.
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 The bolsheviks should conquer starva- tion and disease at home before they be- gin to look for conquests outside of Russia. Brother Borah predicts that the Hard ing inauguration Will cost s1,ooo0oo. The "old guard will consider it cheap at any price
 If Washington hotelkeepers are pre- vented from gouging inauguration visit ors, it will be triumph for the proie- tariat.
 Senator Reed should have thought twice before assailing Herbert Hoover, the worlds greatest caretaker or oaples. # * # The crime wave may not be over, put l it has at least receded enough to permit the police to get their second wind. ,. # # I Colonel Coolidge is just now piaih citizen. but will soon enter the twilight zone of the vice presidency + X # The citizen who calls Russia the srea' enigma" and lets it go at that Is iorth- with regarded as a deep thinker. # # #
 Anotber congressman for Alabama will o,,ic,,e, tbe latent ambition of at least 1Oo Ia W1yers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
Atrocities Committed
 by the Natives of Haiti

FT7HE barbarities of Haiti's Voo- ll dooists and bandit priests were disclosed by the naval court appointed by Secretary Daniels to inquire into the alleged indiscriminate killing of natives by United States Marines.
 Ignorant Haitians were taught to believe that he who ate white man would live 100 years. If he ate a white mans heart no one could injure him. By eating a white mans liver his knowledge and courage would be acquired and nothing was quite so effective for improving a natives aim as rubbing a white mans brains on his rifle sight.
 It was first shown in Major Gen. eral Barnett's report that captured and slain American marines were mutilated and devoured by the natives. The court headed by Admiral Mayo confirmed these statements. One ma- rine private was treacherously slain by his guides and only his bones were found. A lieutenant was killed from ambush. When his body was recov- cred the head had been severed and the heart had been removed. Another private disappeared and no trace of him was ever found
 Such incidents as these will easily explain any violence done the natives by our marines. The provocation was great enough to cause severe repris- als, and the fact that they did not occur, except in few isolated cases, is fine testimonial to the discipline of the marines whose patience must have been sorely tried:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
SC Judgment

q always like to stop off at Bir- mingham, if only for few hours" said William A. Burnett, traffice man- ager of the Nashville stock yards.
 ''Of course, I am accused of being a a cattle booster because I am connect ed with the stock yard end of it, but after 20 years of study of the cattle game, l believe that now is the time for those who know it to stay In it. It's true that many of the best men in the cattle industry have lost money during 1920, but the decline Tn the price of cattle was not as large |; s 'n cotton, or even in many manufacturing lines
 ''To win in cattle raising means that those in it must use care in selection, economy in handling and judgment in marketing. From what l have seen of Alabama I am confident it has a great future before it in beef and milk pro- auction"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
PsYCHoLOGICAL EXCUSES

T IUIIi tIIe NEW OrI6anS Item.
 Excuses grow more weird every day Pittsburg yout'' suspected of incen- diarism on large scale made the fol- lowing: I'd have terrible pains in the head; I'd See flames and then the only way l could escape from torment would be by setting fire to a building"
 Equally ingenious was young man of 20 caught in the act of burglary in Chicago Some years ago, he fell out of wagon on his head, and then began to burgle. T couldn't sleep at night" he said, until had pulled job." yet it doesn't suggest any better way for society to protect itself than by locking them up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
------------------es s-------------- LIKE NfsI.VJkE SAYS

The trouble with the girl who looks well in lowmecked gown is that she can't even go to a funeral without dis playing her wishbone. Then there is the kind of man who will eat horseradish on pie if he can't attract attention any other way. Beauty and sense seldom come in the same package the way beauty and nonsense do. When a woman wants to see attrac- tive hosiery on display she looks in the show windows. But man looks somewhere else. It is easy enough to get rid of a wife after you have been married to her for about 10 years. Just tell her that you love her and the shock will kill her.
 Reformers and dogs spend too much of their time trying to find some ething to bark at Men would do most of the talking if their wives were big enough fools to listen to them
 It is no trouble at all for woman to be in the house and out of the house at the same time if she doesn't want to see the party who is ringing the door bell.
 We once knew smart man who could talk in eleven languages. And we also knew a smarter man who could keep silent in one language.
 Republics are forgetful. If gallant doughboy did put on his hero medal and wore it down town people wNuld think he was a delegate to some two by-four convention.
 And the old-fashioned boy who was raised on sorghum and johnnycake didn't have to have doctor every day or two.
 Virtue is its own reward. But that is no reason why you should be a good thing.
 The trouble with courting a gisl nowadays is that you have to sit down and argue with her father for two hours as to the best method of making home brew.
 Copyright. 1921.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
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War Evil Did Not
 Admit of Executions

r7T1HE one admittedly sound post Au war policy of the government corporations and individuals, is that of getting away from wars demorali- zation as soon as possible. That has gradually come about through reali- zation that, inasmuch as all shared in the waste and folly of war, so should all share in the readjustment process.
 In the course of the Senate inquiry into the high cost of coal last year, Senator Kenyon asked:
 Don't you think that the lack of coal with high prices was factor in making discontent?"
 To this Colonel Wentz, president of the National Coal association, re- piled:
 "Yes, but not more so than with food, clothing and other industries of ae kind.''
 lWs he question was timely. The answer
 $ apt. The two taken together are n avowal of general condition in which unexampled opportunity to ex- act high prices stimulated selfishness throughout the land. None escaped the virus. From the time the govern ment ordered work done on the cost plus plan recklessness in expenditure ensued, because that recklessness could be passed on and on until it came out of the pockets of the ulti- mate consumer.
 Little has been gained by the pot calling the kettle black. Much is be- ing gained here of late by the una nimity with which some amends for the past have been made by lowering prices nearer to normal levels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
FRENCH MANNERS CHANGED

Charles Henry Meltzer in the Forum.
 You will see changes, many changes, both in the manners and the ideals of the Parisians. The girls of Paris, even those we call well-bred, have been af- fected by the laxities of the war. In earlier days it was not thought respec- table for girls to walk out unchap- eroned. Now they run wild, alone or with their friends. They have adapted what their mothers call les maeurs Americaines. But they are not accus- toned to our free, frank ways. They go too far, and are apt to riot where our girls would laugh and play.
 The men and women jostle one an- other in the streets and in Metro" (subway) trains For the moment they have thrown away the traditions of their race. It may take them years to rid themselves of their new roughness in social intercourse But have no fear. Some day they will get rid of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
Knowledge Is Power

Yes, we are digging into. things. said M II. Sterne of the executive committee of the Junior Chamber sof Commerce.
 our slogan is to get the dope and that is why we have so many commit tees in the feld. We are not going to express our conclusions on any matter until we have exhausted the accumu- iation of data bearing on the subject. We hope in this way to place ourselves in position of real service. We are going on the idea that 'knowIedge is power"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
NOCTURNE

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. West Wind, that whispers from over the ocean,
 You bring dream of the night and
 the moon. Fountain. that plays in perpetual mo-
 ton. * Old as the hills but stf4i loved is thy
 tune. Starlight, that glows but to darken the
 shadows, Where in security lovers may kiss Moonlight that breeding the hils and
 the meadows
 Brings me weird visions of moments
 I miss. Night birds, melodious. mockineiy Follows the silence so deep and 50 te sweet Perfume drifts up from some flowers Crushed bysas wanderers uaheeding
 feet,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
Most Quoted Newspaper

''In the course of my reading of newspapers and periodicals in the east said E. N. Rich of Baltimore. president of the Alabama company, q find the Age-Herald is more frequent ly quoted than any other newspaper. notice this particularly in the Liter ary Digest and periodicals of that na- ture. Paragraphs from the Age-Her- aid greet my eye oftener than those rom any other newspaper. I say this with deliberation because it is the re- suit of observation covering some time.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
WHAT'S THE UsEs
the Florida Times Union.

From the Florida Times Union.
 "Oh, carry me back to old Virginia shore" sang the minstrel of many years ago; but what's the use, in these times when Virginia mint bed is no longer looked upon as a sign of aris-l tocracy and discriminating taste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
AERIAL LIGHTWAYS

once the airplane had sunk beneath the ous landing risks in the darkness. Therefore, the alternative method is to place at intervals along the ground lights sending up flat, fan-shaped rays These semi-circles of illumination would join one another at slight distance above the earth, and all together would form, not a single streak of light through space, but a tall knife-edge of illumi1,a- tion that would serve as guide in flight and give fairly accurate knowledge or the topography and it's landing possibiii- ties
 The searchlight system. as far as now developed, contemplates placing nVe lights between London and the channel and nine on the other side eouispaced along the air lane from the sea to Paris.
 It is estimated that night flying, when given security, will advance commercial, flying between the two capitals immenss- ly because then it will be possible to pick up both passengers and cargoes at the close of the business day and deliver them for breakfast at the other terminus, even with slow-going and therefore cheaply~ operated air busses. Commercial flight has advanced so slowly with us that it seems rather imaginative to con slider crowding the airways, but such a contingency is easily imagined in Eu- rope. America will have to arouse her self or be hopelessly left behind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
Lenine Once More
 Defies the Universe

M 7lCOLAl LENINE is still running IN true to form. Official advices from Moscow received in Washington quote him as saying in proclamation to the commune committee of Flu rope that "it is absolutely indispensa- ble to keep the bourgeois enemy busy with internal trouble in order that they cannot injure soviet Russia. Great strikes should be organized throughout the world and agitation for the establishment of commercial relations with Russia should be in- creased. In order to fight famine and attack capitalism solidly throughout the universe these things should be done."
 This proclamation of Lenine and others like it prove the assertion made by students that the only way to maintain the bolshevik power is to keep fighting. It is a destructive policy which would strengthen the red terror by tearing down other govern ments. If bolshevism were all its proponents claim it to be, it would not be necessary to make war on the world. Its benefits would speak for themselves.
 The whole idea underlying bolshev- ism is pernicious and a menace to civilization. The nations of the earth were already on guard against the emissaries of Lenine and Trotzky, but if they should ever be tempted to ig- nore the danger from this source, the rawlings of Lenine would rouse them from their lethargy. The worst abuses of capitalism never equaled the tyran- ny of the proletarian autocracy set up in Russia.
 
 If MT. Harding doesn't know what kind of substitute he wants for the League or Nations he can hardly be blamed for not taking the public into his confidence by announcing that his mind is a blank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
THEY'LL NEVER FIND TT

From the New Orleans Times -Picayune. It is said the paleontological museum many important specimens. Perhaps they are seeking the skeleton of "The
 man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo."%