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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-18
FATHER AND SON AT STILL

scottsboro, July 17.-tspecial)- Deputy Parsons and two other dep- uties captured still on the noun tain near Swains and arrested Joe Swains and his 9-year-old son at the still. A quantity of beer and sing lings was destroyed, together with the still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-18
KEEPTNG THEIR WORD

Gadsden. July 17.--(Speclai-, Forty of the forty-two federal prs
 oners have already reported to the sheriff and have begun serving their sentences in the county jail. These men are all short time men, wltn sentences ranging from 30 to 50 days. The two who have not reported are expected in some time during ths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-18
,v1T.N CLUB GOVERNORS

Gadsden. July II-NopecIaf'1 TT. " Civitan club. which was orsAnizeo here few days ago, has elected it's hoard of governors as follows; Dr. I. R. Morgan, Paul Moffett. ". M. Thompson, Isaac Haas and Q. K. crossfield. The clubs motto is "Ac- ton" meaning work to be accom- plished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-18
aTNUs, A FORD

Gadsden, July 17.-(special.)- .)--u. E. ZeigEler and two sons drove to lne city last night and parkins 'n:ir Ford on Broad street Went = ture show, and when thes d;s- to return home their car had dis- appeared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-18
INTEREST IN COCOANUTs

Gadsden July Especial. )--The big cocoanut plantation in Panama. owned by W. l.. Smith, local ian1 dealer, and two prominent men or Chicago, is being set to cocoantt trees, and today wiflord Smith. son of the owner. left for Panama ac- companied by Fitz Williams, one or the owners They sail from New York next Tuesday where they VII be for some time superintendlng the planting of the cocoanut trees
The evening world., 1921-07-07
UNCOMMON SENSE
By John Blake
tCopyrsn, by Blakn)
BE INTERESTED OR YOU'LL NEVER BE
INTERESTING.

Jnntercsting people always unintcrcsted people If
yourself cannot interest others And
getting along in this world depend pretty
largely N your ability to interest others
The interesting people in the world arc those who
successfully doing important things No sue
ccsofuy do important thing unless he is enthusiastically
He if he has such interest, communi-
least part of it others In that way he attract
usually excite their admiration and trust
Christopher Columbus would have discovered
America had he not become tremendously interested in the
belief round and that would be possible,
b! ccumnayigang it, to find the rich Indies that lay on the
otlcr side.
He succeeded in injecting rich people and finally the
Queen Spain with this She supplied him with the
funds o make his first voyage.
But his job not done with this. He had constantly
keep his interested in his plans during long
weeks of sailing uncrtcd He had to make
their triumph their fears and has to be
Interested indeed when he accomplish such miracle
Tia
If you tremendously interested in what doing
invariably the interest of others in it.
When YOU have done that YOU have them, every
salesman will tell you.
What call personality is the quality of arousing
ercst in others The dull apathcc stless chap who pays
attention to his surroundings and has thought but
through his days work the possible
lac" imprcsses his fellows.
work play he just average neither to
be cultivated avoded-a without personality
without interest
The Job hunter who for instants can persuade
prospective employer that he is interested what
do will get the job if it there. The who wants it
merely because it will keep him of the poohousc will
get it unless there is IA heavy shortage of men.
1t ought to be easy to become interested this world
FOR ii is filled with tremendously interesting things
of them Dozen and study them The study de
vrop interest and efforts WILL if they since
enough interest you Then you others-perhaps
millions of ohersand in that will have further
need of lying awake nights wonder is to become
of you.
The evening world., 1921-07-07
From Evening World Readers
What KIND OF letter do redddb' Isn't IL the
that otves thousand a hundred'
There
q Take Time be bret

they took advantage of a lacking or
ganizcd opposition to the cnactm y
of the Eighteenth Amendment, put
over when thousands Of our repre-
sentative citizens were fighting ~
rance for world and American free
dom.
1t would seem that the time has
arrived when organized opposition
against organized 'reformcrs" should
be effected. Gov Edwards and Mayor
Hague have rung time" why not
knock out the "refOrmers,' and why
not begin now? Thus only can we
defend true American rights, Ameri-
can freedom, like the American mas
is too precious to be trodden on
a few mcddlcrs who are eager II"
newspaper nutOriety and cheap clap
trap prominence. Sewers need Hush
ing, tenements need attention, public
comfort stations need e-estabIlsh-
ing (wiped out by the will of the MI
nority), and much else needs atten-
ton. | commend the meddlers to
these activities, if indeed they must
work off their pent-up enthusiasm,
| am neither "A drinking man nor n
sport fan; but have grown to detcst
this bunch OF buttinskiCs and am
eager to line up against the lot vine
are daily seeking to -AmeriCanlIc
! America. Organization alone Wi,
| combat them. T., NJ, X
New York, July 4, 1921.
The evening world., 1921-07-07
WHERE DID YOU GET
THAT WORD?
AN EANDER.

The word "mcander" carries a storv-
of olden times. 1t is derived Irt'N
straight line from the classic writinA
the works of Virgil and of the Greek
poets, including Homer. There was,
and still is, for that matter, a river in
Phrygia called in ancient times the
Maiandros Natin MaeandrusD.
This stream followed so wandering
u course that its name came to be an
piled to similar circuitous path fol-
lowed by human being. Hence. the
country boy who is stroling aimlessly
or with many turnings and twistings
through a leafy lane is said to be
doing what the river Maeandrus has
been doing for these many centuries
He is said TO be "meandcring."
This quaint word is another illus
tration of the brotherhood of men and
the continuity of the current of time
as it flows down-or Siphons up
through the ages.
The evening world., 1921-07-07
MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT
PROVIDES JOBS FOR UlNEMPL DYED.

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, is making an eNperI'
~ ment in tax collection and unemployment re-
lief. The city provides work for unemployed prop
cry owners. Wages are applied to tax bills.
1t is further proposed TO provide work for I'M
employed rentpayerS, the city to turn over the
wages TO The creditor landlords.
This New Britain experiment is a step in advance.
II entails conscious effort by the municipality to
provide work on pubic Improvements in times OF
industrial depression. This is practice which social
economists have recommended, but with only
meagre success.
The wisdom of making public improvements in
times of industrial depression is obvious. But such
policy involves planning and preparation not often
present in municipal administrations.
New York has recently had a lesson in the way
in whidl municipal improvements ought not TO be
made. A year ago, when building costs were at The
peak and workers were busy the Hylan Admins
tration was determined 10 rush construction of
new Court House which wasn't particularly neceS
Sary at the moment.
To-day when building costs have declined and
many are out of work the same Administration is
not building schools, which are imperavely needed.
If Hylan had planned some schools last year and
more schools whenever employment conditions
warranted, and even Court House when unem-
poyment became acute, il would have been evil
dence of competence and foresight. Instead We
have had programme of medde and muddle a
perfect example of how municipal improvement
ought not to proceed.
The result is that to-day New York has not
enough SchoolhouseS and many of the structures
Used for schools are unsafe and unSanitary
The evening world., 1921-07-07

oil field, want tariff Of 81 a barrel They have
no objection TO the Msxitan tax which hinders COM
petitive impoHlonS. But the big international
companies do not want either an export lax Or an
import tax because ,htse would booSt2prites until
decline.
Here we have he mdkingS of pretty contest in
Congress. II will bear watching But how in thc
sacred name OF protection can Republican Adj.
mniSrlon object TO a Mexican export tax which
will keep oil ont of this country and out of compe-
ton with home productions That is precisely the
result which NJ. Fordney hopes TO attain with his
tariff hill.
The evening world., 1921-07-07
AN OILY MIDDLE.

DEPATCH of two war vessels to Tampco
l. lends pertinente to the consideration of oil
taxes and tariffs.
War vessels are needed in Tampico, it is said,
because of threatening labor troubles which may
affect American interests. The labor troubles in
turn are caused by a shutdown of American oil
shipments. The American producers claim they
cannot afford to ship oil because of the export tax
Mexico ievies. They claim this action is not a
boycott.
The tax, according to figures given by the Times
Yesterday, amounts to 43H cents barrel on crude
oil. Either this is prohibtive or else the producers
in the Tampico field are engaged in economic con-
spiracy against Mexico.
At the same time the Tariff Bill now before
Congress would levy tariff Of IS cents barrel
on imports of crude oil. If 43A cents is prohbitiye
certainly combined tax of 43H plus IS cents
or 7SH cents, would be prohbitive, The American
market would he completely protected" and the
American oil supply would be exhausted as rapidly
as possible
American companies not interested in Mexican
The evening world., 1921-07-07
WHOSE ADMINISTRATIONS

JRRECONCILABLES or no irreconcables Why
should President Harding have 10 have anybody
make up his mind for him about restbmitting the
Versailles Treaty to the United States Senate
In his first message TO Congress the President de.
Glazed, as plainly as words could put it, his convc
gage, with reservations, under the existing treaty"
Secretary Hughes may, as David Lawrence be-
leveS, be urging the President that, since the peace
resolution claims rights for the United States under
the armisce and the Treaty of Versailles, it would
be worse than inconsistent for the United States to
refuse TO become in any degree party to that
treaty.
But why should the President need such urgng'
He has himself been more explicit than Mr..
Hughes in declaring the peace resolution insufficient
ani frankly adding that '' would be idle to declare
for separate treaties of peace with the Central
Powers on the assumption that these alone wouli
he adequate
The President cannot refuse to reSubmh the ex-
iSting treaty without reversing himself
Moreover, the reasons for being all things to all
factions are not as strong now as they were when
the paramount Republican purpose was 10 hold
those factions together long enough 10 win til,
election
If President Harding meant what he said in his
message about engaging under the existing treaty
now is the time to prove it and at the same time
demonstrate whether this is his Administration or
The Administration of handful of rarcorouS Sen
atorS who would bee their country for all time
rather than seem to approve anything in which
Woodrow Wilson ever had SO mudl as a finger
Nobody expects the Senate as now constituted to
ratify the Versailles Treaty without reservations.
But if President Harding fails 10 stand by the
major part Of the existing treaty. and does not
submit it TO The Senate, he will put himself on
record as the weakest, most variable and vacillat-
Ing Chief Executive that ever sacrificed national
consistency and honor through fear of few noisy,
na.row-mindei obsructionistS in his party.
Whose Administration is it?
The evening world., 1921-07-07
A WINNER.

It is idle for anybody to gainsay, and i
would not be wisdom for Secretary Hughes
TO ignore that the very name OF the Yer
sailles Treaty, part and parcel as il Is OF
the League of Nations, now utterly discred-
tied everywhere on the face of the earth,
is not and for many years cannot be looked
upon with anything but adherence by tho
great mass of the people of the United
States-NCw York Herald
For nmiteatod, unrelcved solnlnity tho
above deserves prize.
70 pick an awarding committee VIC need loo.
no further than some Of the most eminent lead
ers OF the Republican Party LkeL
The evening world., 1921-07-07
THE. RIGHT MAN TO TACKLE IT.

IF EXPERIENCE is any guide, the betting Ira
l ternty would be justified in laying long odds
against a successful solution OF the Irish problem
Time and again Irish affairs have shown promise,
only to 90 from bad TO worse as statesmen ana poll
ticlans disagreed on terms
But whatever the odds may have been week
ago, they have been reduced. The change for the
better comes from the part which Jan SmutS IS
playing
In Africa, in the war, at the Peace Conference
and in Africa again, Jan S1nutS has shown himself
a man of liberal views ana of marked persuasive
ability, a statesman of the first rank. Without any
fuss and feathers the South African Premier has
set about doing what he can TO bring about set
tlenent and peace in Ireland. His entry into the
muddle may not bring the desired results, but it
makes peace more probable.
Ne is one figure of stout integrity and moral
conviction He is one man in the British Empire
deserving Of the confidence of both the Irish ana
the English The whole world will wish him we'll
in his venture.
The evening world., 1921-07-07
The Pioneers
of Progress
xxIv.-THE MAN WHO MADE
THE ENGLISH A NATION.
Ru SpetOzar TonjOron
oopcnrs, 1871, BY The Press Rsolietdns o.
The New York Evenins World.


TO Duke William the Norman his
tory must accord the credit Tor that
great achievement, the Welding of the
warning. peoples of Britain into ma
ton.
For centuries before the Conquer
or's" fleet cast anchor off Pavensey,
off the south coast of England, in
1866. Britain had been seething
sauldron of racial rivalrics and racial
combinations.
| Angle Cor EnEishman) had sue
ceeded Roman, as the power OF lhe
empire waned under Gcrmahlc as
saults. In his turn Angle, or SAXON
| had quailed before the fierce on
slaughts Of the Dane.
Amid the confusion and the blood"
shed a great factor in civilization
the greatest colonizing and pioneer
/ ing power in history-was slowly
emerging out OF the smoke and well
| ter. What was needed was Il strong
hand that could build enduring insti-
| tutions to give character, permanence
and unity to the effervescent mass.
Duke William had the strong hand.
He had inherited it from long series
of fighting and administering ances-
tors whose original stock came from
the forests and the fjords of III"
North.
In the passage Of generations this
vrile stock had become partly French.
1t had mingled in the contest between
the peoples on either side Of the
English Channel 1t had ACQUIRED
something of the strength OF Gallo
| (nn n in
become a factor in the rising clVlliza-
ton Of the period.
Like most conuuerOrs, William
based. his claim to throne that did
not belong to him on a fact that has
the semblanCs of legality. He main
aimed that the throne had been prom
ised him by Edward the ConfeSor.
When the throne upon the dtath Of
Edward, went to Harold, Duke Will
lam appeared of PavenSCY. Sur
render the throne or fight for it," was
the gist of his remarks to Harold.
Picking his own battle-ground, near
Hastings, Harold elected to fight.
After battle worthy OF the mettle
OF both contestants Norman ChiValry,
aided by the hand of chance thai
drove "A Norman arrow into Haroldtt
right eye, one Of the gravcst dccisioh3
OF history went to Duke William. '
On the evening after the battle he
camped on the spot where Harold had
made his last stand with his hus-
carls. 1t is quantity related by a
chronicler that the Conqucror sat,
down TO eat and drink among tho
dead"
With the Battle Of Hastings William
started the processes that cv, ntllallN
formed the language now spoken b,
the greatest number of pcoplt. owe
the largest extent of territory, in EIs
tory.
He gave peace and the strength q
steel to race that was destined t.
dominate an empire on which the SUI
: never sets.
He gave laws, customs and tradi
tons that form the warp of our owl
| institutions.
The final and conclusive test o
Williams theory that he WAS bad
needed across the Channel is to b.
found in the fact that, a few mon. p
after the Battle of Hastings, re wa
s the recognized King of England. III
Z throne was so secure that he lef
London for a visit to Normandy.
And since his day the structure @
I iron which he gave it has endure
! much as he fashioned it
The evening world., 1921-07-07
New York, June 30, 1921.


70 nc EIuor OF The Evening World
a boxing bout for world Champion
ship has been held at Jersey CITY, at
tended by representative American
and European citizens. The morals
II the world are none the worse fol
it. 1t is true that among the ninety
thousand people present were Govern
ors, Mayors, noblemcn, women of
distinction, legal liShts-and who
not?-who coupled the adpission fec
with desire. They were a wonderfully
orderly lot They were representa-
tive people OF many countries. the
Lam holier- tina thous" say they
were "la wbreakcrs"
While the bout between Dempsey
and Carpenter won a victory for
Dempsey which permits him to retain
! the fistic world heavyweight cham
| pionship, there was at that bout al
| even greater victory scored.
! 1t is conservative to state that o.
| per cent. of the people OF the world
are either favorable to or Indifferent
concerning prize fighting for cham
pionships; that five per cent. directly
oppose it, In other words, "A great
majority are decidedly Interested il
deliberate hsticufls between two mel
vino elect to knock out or he knocked
out, and to abide by the result, for 4
price.
The chief victory OF the Dempsey
Carpenter bout was mat of tn
worlds great ma jority over handful
of zealots who style themselves IRE
formers" The attitude of the Gov
crnor Of New Jersey, the Mayor q
Jersey CITY and Grand Jury grea Il
aided in the victory and was an atil
uIde that the world majority appre
ciatc. In contrast, the snCaking atti
tudc Of the "refOrmcrs" q prefer IN
word "dcformcrs'D was cha.actcristi
and IN full accord with their sma
minds, 1t was quite rs characteristic
as that assumed py the same lot VIII.
The evening world., 1921-07-07
"That' Fact''
By Albert p. SOuthuick
CopSri sht 1871 BY the Press Publishing Co
lTno Now York Evening WordI

Cornelis Melyn, a Dutch merchant,
made the third attempt 10 found a
settlement on staten Island. He
came from Antwerp and his first
visit here was made in 1893, obtaining
an order from the directors on July 3,
1910, authorizing him to take pos
session of Staten Island and erect it,
into colonie." on his aa.s~nrS
hither in February, l54l, the vessel
in which he sailed was capturcd bv
the "Dunkirkcrs," losing all he had onl
board and, after sad eXpcriOnC es. 81
reached his native shores in safety.
Cornelis Mclyn made n second a.
tempt and embarked with his family
and some goods for trade with the
Indians, to the value of about 1000
guilders, on the EyCkenboom (mean-
ing "Oak TreeD, reaching New Am
sterdam on Aug. 90, l541. The di-
rectors gave him letters patent date
of June 10, 1912, for entire Staten
Island, excepting the bouwerie of
Capt. de Vries,
Staten Island was again purchased
from the Indians on April l3. 1870
and it is noted in history as "one OF
the most prominent acts in the Ad-
ministration of Governor Lovelace.
because Il was the final extinction
OF the Indian claim to the island {"
| The original deed is preserved in theI
! state Library at Albany, n. Y,
| The Indians were always ready n
/ sell staten Island. In 1886 thew sd
| It to Michael Paw: shortly s/I -
/ they sold a part to David Peterse1
Nries; in l64l to Cornelis MelyJ
1867 to Baron Van Cappelan
lastly, in 1870, to Gov. Lovelace, I
The evening world., 1921-07-07
was America mad. "

was America mad"
In a speech in Parliament in l77S
Lord Chatham said, ireland is with
America to a man" and in 1876 he
said, The whole Irish nation favorS
the Americans And Lord Mountjoy
in Parliament said you lost America
by Ireland"
In 1916 Ambrose Sorlc, confidential
agent OF the British Cabinet in tais
country, wrote: Great number oI tag
emigrants, particularly Irish, are in
the rebel army
In Marcn. 17,S, Sir Henry Clinton,
Commoul,n-! -!n-Chicf of the tH;j,n
: frn'.r IN America, wro'c IN unottic.a
document 10 London: The cmi-
The evening world., 1921-07-07
JAMES " EVERARD
New York, July 5, 1921.
Ir,,b In the Revelation.


To thr Bdrtor Of The Evening World
A great deal has recently appeared
in the press concerning the signers
of the Declaration of independence
who were Irishmen. Among them
were Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
who was OF Irish, descent, his grand
father was born y Ireland; Matthew
Thornton of Ne& Hampshire, was
born in ireland; lanes Smyth was
born in Ireland tGeorge Taylor OF
PENNSYLVANIA was born in ireland;
George Read was born in Dublin,
Ireland; Edward Rutledge Of South
carolina, vas born in Connaught
| Ireland
I.ecky. an English historian, in his
hook of the American Revolution
! says Nol II. page l6ol, ireland
was committed TO the American
.rn-r.r" on Iu0 -, ''ii Hor
ace Wulpo!e wrote that AL AIanc
The evening world., 1921-07-07

To the Bitor OF The Ecning World:
What happened to the 100000 peo-
pie who were to have marched in
the Anti Prohibition Parade on July
4? l suppose the Anti Prohibition SITS
will explain that there are many
moro thousands Of people who oppose
ohbtiOn but did not march. Why
didn't they? 1t is either because they
did not have the strength. of their
convictions or because they were
afraid that they might be recognized
in the line and pointed out as
drinkers.
Not only did New York make a
bad showing, but Jersey City, with
population of $4,000, only turned
out 1000 marehers. Close behind
Jersey City came Baltimore with S70
marChers, OF whom we are told two
thirds were foreigners,
What conclusion is drawn from this
demonstration? why, only one. The
majority OF the people are satlshed
with prohibition,
JAMES V. EVERARD
Nom Work JllU < 1921
The evening world., 1921-07-07
SAYS THE DAIRYMAN:
il" A IL the milk that is drunk in New York
~ City comes from cows"
Here is a thought-provoker.

Here is a tlought-provoker.
Did YOU know it? The statement is from an
advertisement of the DairymenS League Co-opera-
tive Association, Inc.
1t may seem that the dairymen have been tax,
ing the comic sheets too seriously, Most city dwell
erS know that the story of the little boy who pre-
ferred his milk from bottle and not from COW
is an exagseration
But this advertisement is something more than
a statenen! of elementary plattudes. 1t is evil
dence Of the cooperative effort of the milk pro-
dllcers. II ought TO stimulate something of the sort
in the thoughts of the consumers. 1t is clear-out
effort to go over the heads of the middlemen and
their toll-taking methods.
This is the note which closes the advertisement:
"When The milk farmer and The mih drinkr
knotc each other a lille better, there pW be less
misunderstanding about this rely necessary and
vdlaatle food"
That is another statement even more provoca-
tive Of thought than the first
The evening world., 1921-07-07

You can't have ideals on an empty stomach,
Ambassador Herrick said last evening.
This helps TO explain the G. o. p. carppa gn
OF 1920 The party managers were hungry-for
patronage and perqusites.
The evening world., 1921-07-07

In the continued clash between Senate and
House over the final shape of the Naval Appro-
priation Bill, the Borah disarmament amend
mcnt remains safe and sure There are still
some popular demands that Congress hears
straight.
The evening world., 1921-07-07

Ic the Eiitor OF The Lrning World:
One Congressman stated that one
Of his fellow members who voted for
Prohibition could drink more in one
day than he would drink in a year.
and he voted against it, Also, 1t IS
said that "A Senator stocked ms
cellar with $4,000 worth of booze"
before voting for Prohibition. Now
along comes Mr.. Anderson appealing
to the people 10 be good sports" ana
accept this law. II is no wonder that
| Prohibition is a joke. How much
money was handed over for the pas
sage OF this fool law? And who paid
it? An investigation ought to dis
close some very interesting news.
FAIR PLAY.
| New York, June 30, 1921.