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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

ficers holding jobs and drawing sal- aries from the government, the state, the county and the city that they don't know each other. Of course ref- erence is made to the men who don't wear uniform. These men feel that in drawing salaries they must earn them, and they are making all sorts of arrests and shooting up peo- pie who they think might be guilty of running stills or hauling illicit whisky into the city.
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 In this connection a good story is told of how shrewd moonshiner brought some Is or 20 gallons of liquor into Birmingham recently without interference.
 His section was under strict guard He knew law enforcement officers were in the neighborhood and watch ing every road. In order to evade them he hired a negro to let him put handcuffs on him and required him to sit on the front seat of q Ford. The moonshiner loaded his kegs and demijohns in the tonneau of the car and took the wheel him. self. In speeding into the big road he met a gang of law enforcement officers. Waving his hand at them and shouting, Boys, I got him." as he pointed to the handcuffed negro, he sped by without interference and safely came into Birmingham with his. illicit wet goods.
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 Whether the officers this man passed were government or state or county was not told, but the story teaches a. lesson that the sheriff of Jefferson county should be fully ad- vised of the entry of outside officers into this county whether they be na- tional or state.
 As a matter of fact the state law enforcement officers should not be sent into any county except upon the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

The story l wrote about the bones of the shoemaker's saints seemed to be new even to many of the shoemen, and as some expressed an interest in the two brothers, Crispin and Cris- pinian, thought it might be of inter est to add bit to what wrote.
 The memory of St. Crispin, of whom we chiefly hear, has from time inn memorial, been kept up by process sions and other festivities in his hon. or on october 25, which is known as St. Crispin's Day; this being the ami yersary of the translation of their remains to Rome in the ninth century. (There is one variation, however, as at Osnabruck, in Westphalia, where Charlemagne translated some Of the relics, the celebration occurs on June 2o.)
 In Provence there is legend that on the day when St. Crispin's feast was first celebrated by the shoe makers their patron was so pleased that he asked God to allow the best of .fthem a glimpse of Paradise. The wish being granted the saint lowered from Paradise a long ladder gar nished with peas. The best men held back through, humility, but the vain glorious sealed it. The story goes that St. Peter was celebrating mass while St. Paul was at the gate.
 
 It seems a bit strange to find in the legend bit of humor, but we are told that in the celebration of the high mass, St. Peter had just reached the Surs, n corda, which St. Paul. neing slightly deaf since his fall on the way to Damascus. misun- derstood as Zou sus Ia corda! So ne cut the cord. The aspiring and ambi- tious shoemakers fell to the earth and though God, who is good, would not allow them to be killed. many were badly hurt. Out of this comes the explanation for so many shoe makers being cripples and hunch- backs.
 But if a penalty was placed on the adventurous shoemakers for wishing to get a glimpse of heaven under the saintly tutelage of St. Crispin shoemaking has attained to the dis tinctive appellation of the gentle craft" and is noted for the numbe, of men-w who through it have risen te eminence recall that William l.. Douglas, sat in the governor chair in the proud old commonwealth of Massachusetts. am suress tha' quite list of notabilfties could b, complied, but the outstanding ons in the religious world would be Will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
THE PRESENT CRISIS

By James Russell Lowell. once to every man and nation comet the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with False
 hood, for the good or evil side Some great cause, Gods new Mes
 siah. offering each the bloom
 or blight, And the goats upon the left hand
 and the sheep upon the right And the choice goes by forever
 'twixt that darkness and that
 light.
 Count me OCT earth's chosen he-
 roes-they were souls that
 stood alone, While the men they agonized fo1
 hurled the contumelious stone Stood serene, and down the future
 saw the golden beam incline To the side of perfect justice, mAs-
 tered by their faith divine. By one mans plain truth to man
 hood and to Gods supreme de-
 sign.
 Then to side with Truth is noble
 when we share her wretchee crust,
 Ere her cause brings fame and tor,
 tune and 'tis prosperous to bt
 just;
 Then 1t Is the brave man chooses
 while the coward stands aside Doubling in his abject spirit till hi.
 Lord is crucified, And the multitude makes virtue O. the faith they once denied. New occasions teach new duties Time makes ancient good un couth; taf They must upward still, and onward who would keep abreast o Truth;
 Lo, before us gleam her campfires we ourselves must Pilgrims be Launch our Mayflower, and stee
 boldly through thk desperat winter sea, Not attempt the Futures portal wit ss the Past's blood-rusted key.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
..s1rr1NG PRETTY

SETTING PRETTY" Though I love the U. S. A., here is
 where I want to stay,' Said a happy hearted doughboy on
 the Rhine; For I have khaki suit on and I'm
 bound to say the Teuton, No matter what his reason, treats
 me fine." MISSING ALL THE FINE POINTS. That was home run," yelled the excited fan.
 was it?" asked the foreign wis., a baseball game. What should l do?"
 What should you dol" said the fan in disgust. If you've brought book along you might as well read 1t" THE SAVINGS ARE SAFE. You are another city man who is always dreaming of owning little place in the country" I'm going to get it, too, some of these days"
 .Theres many a, slip-you know the old quotation
 "Yes, but I've developed such strong powers of resistance that
  every automobile salesman in town has given me up as a hopeless prop osition."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
LETTERS TO EDITOR
DIR. DILLARD REPLIES

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
 My attention has just been called to letter in yesterdays Age Herald in which MT. Beardslee, in speaking of the Arbuckle- -Rappe affair, asks two questions. First, if I have lost sight of the Stephenson Coyle inci- dent, and second, Would pr. billiard admit Roscoe Arbuckle into his church in order that he might repent and be cleansed of his sin?"
 Replying to the first will say that have not lost sight of the Stephen son-Coyle incident and sincerely trust that justice may be done. Have not sufficient data on hand to say what that will be, and in my sermon on the subject I pleaded for the people to await the evidence be- fore pronouncing judgment.
 In reply to the second will say that MT. Beardslee evidently is not familiar with Baptist church polity and usage. The pastor of a Baptist church does not receive or dismiss ! members; he is a moderator of the meeting where applications are re- ceived and no person Is received into the membership of Baptist church if objection thereto is raised by any member present. In case objection is raised, the matter Is deferred and the person making the objection is asked to give his reason and then the applicant is given an opportu- nity of answering, and, usually, the matter is adjusted satisfactorily But it is a mistake to speak of Baptist pastor receiving members into hiss church. In the Baptist church, all members have equal rights
 Again, the Baptist church does not receive persons into their member ship in order that they may repent and be cleansed of their sins We hold that a soul has the right to ap- proach God for himself and they may find pardon if they approach Him in the right way. Then, such persons as believe they have found pardon and have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and desire to live a Chris tian life, are received into the mem bership of the church as candidates for baptism, if they so desire. Yours truly,
 J. D. DILLARD,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

request of the sheriff or other laI officers of that county, unless affaii| have gotten into such a state tha| the governor himself feels it neces| sary to send them. It Is said that the state is spendin| s1o0,o00 a year or more on this staJ law enforcement squad and that tkai are running around where they ar not wanted or needed and interfor| ing with the regularly constituted law officers of the several countiei They are trying to dig up snake everywhere, as was evident whe| they went to Mobile and searche] private homes, going into residence| where there were only women an| children and frightening them, il their searches for wines and liquors They went into homes where they di| not even suspect illicit dealings Il prohibited liquors, but merely to eGl deavor to find a half bottle of whisk kept for medicinal purposes or al old bottle of burgundy or port whicl might have been handed down by grandfather.
 It is well enough to provide fo- state law enforcement squad an| have men on the available list to b called upon for duty when needed.
 Chris Hartsfield. the sheriff o Jefferson county, only employs 2 deputies regularly, but he has il reserve several hundred men whon he can call upon in emergencies.
 An available state law enforcemen organization is a good thing, but tn keeping of 20 or more men on tn payroll of the state to go abou looking for trouble and digging u1 snakes is most expensive and un necessary. It leads to friction an occasional killings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
IN THE DESERT.

Why are you so late to dinner ?' asked Mrs. Bibbles. Y
 "I met an old college friend down. town," said Mir. Bibbles. T hadn'i seen him in years"
 Well, as you didn't come in tryins to sing one moment and look solemn the next. I suppose it was dry re- union."
 Tt was, my dear. It reminded mt of two travellers meeting in Deatf Valley PAUL COOK. 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Complaint as to
 Number of Churches

~R. BAXTER P. FULLERTON lO told the worlds alliance of Presbyterian and Reformed churches in St. Louis recently that the great est difficulty confronting the church lies in the fact that there are 175 varieties of churches in America"
 One of the greatest of so-called infidels declared that the variety of churches proved the universality of the religious spirit in mankind. If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
LOCATED
From the Arkansas Gazette.

The Chicago Daily News wants to know what has become of the old fashioned family that use to pass the long evenings listening to some mem Der of the family read. We saw it recently sitting in a motor car in a ditch between here and Hot Springs Members took turn about reading the riot act to the driver
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Half Dollar of 1907

T noticed in The Age Herald of Friday morning in the Lobby column" said Dr. J. R. Chandler. physician for Bessemer for the Ten nessee Coal. Iron and Railroad com pany. in charge of the hospital at Feeders, that J, P Williams of Wodlawn had in his possession 50- cent piece dated 1870, who wanted to know if there was any one who had one older than that. have one which has been in my possession for 15 years that bears the date of .lSo7
 "The coin. of course, has been in circulation for IA years and despite the fact it is in good condition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
PEDEREwsKI BACK TO STAGE

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 Ignace Jan Paderewski, worlds greatest pianist is going back to the concert platform to earn money wherewith to help his beloved Po- land. It has been his life dream to see his country free and its people happy Poland is bitterly poor. Pa derewski recently offered to sacrifice his sole remaining possession7-a $500, 900 ranch--so he could answer
 the appeal for aid. The auction failed, and now the aged patriot turns to his art as the only medium through which he can hope to get the money so sorely needed
 Padereswski is 6l years old. He had left the stage forever. He de- clared that. even though he faced starva ation. he would not play again. Now, in his declining years. passion- ate love for his native land impels him to serve the cause of others as he would not serve for himself. In an essentially work-a day world where intense rivalry and competi- tion mark most of our comings and goings, it is well we should know there are here and there those won drously sweet characters who inject into more or less prosaic life the leaven of noble sentiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
BIount Highway Good

Tt was genuinely pleasant sur here and Cullman in such good con- dition when l made the trip by au- tomobile a short time ago. said Judge Joel c. Brown, who with his wife. has just returned from a three weeks vacation at Cullman and ,Blount Springs.
 Since the granted right of way at Blount Springs has been made. to the Bee Line highway by w. M. Drennen, which was advocated so strongly by the Birmingham Automobile club in conjunction with the Bee Line Boosters association of Cullman, ex- cellent progress has been made on the highway and with the exception of two detours which still must be made because of the work on the construction of the big cement bridges the road is excellent.
 Between Warrior and Blount Springs the highway is in fine condi- tion, couldn't be better, and when the highway is made complete by these two bridges the Bee Line Boosters association and the Birmingham Au- tomobile club will have something to be proud of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Wrangel's Army Waits for
 Collapse of Bolshevism
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 @ NE of the anomalies created by " the World war and subsequent events is General Wrangel's army of 10000 men, now living in tents and huts on the Gallipoli peninsula. They are waiting, like MT. Micawber, for something to turn up. The hope that keeps them together and main tains their morale astonishingly well, according to reports from Ath- ems, is the belief that sooner or later bolshevism in Russia will fall and what remains of the national army will be needed to restore order in the country.
 Defeated and driven out of the Crimea, General Wrangel has shown the fortitude of a true soldier. He might have abandoned his followers and sought forgetfulness in Paris, sas "guest" of the French govern ment, but he has shown himself greater in diversity than he was when victorious. France is supply  ing food and Wrangel is reported to be paying his soldiers out of the scanty funds he still has in his pos session, about $1 a month to each man. He obtained employment for most of his Cossacks in the labor corps of Serbia and Bulgaria, and is reported to be trying to get Ser bia to receive his Gallipoli corps. Five thousand of his troops will be used by Jugoslavia as frontier guard and it is stated that the Bel grade government will extend hos pitality to the remainder of his army if funds are provided to maintain it for two years. If Wrangel can get some of the millions held by the Russian ambassador in Washington, part of the funds sent him from Russia before the bolsheviki got control, his necessities for the pres ent will be relieved and he can car ry out his scheme to hold his army in Serbia until the hoped-for debacle of bolshevism.
 Wrangel, Kolchak and other anti bolshevik leaders learned to their cost that the overthrow of bolshey- ism in Russia must come from the in side. No matter how disinterested outside interference might be, it would merely give Lenine and Trotz- ky another opportunity to cry that Russia was being invaded and an at tempt being made to destroy every thing gained by the revolution. That sort of rallying cry worked in the past and would work again.
 The spectacle of Wrangel and his loyal troops cheerfully enduring hardships and hoping against hope for the return of sanity to Russia Is . moving one. The fires of patriot. ism must burn brightly on Gallipoli the graveyard of thousands of gal lant British soldiers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

An explorer says scurvy is no long CT feared in the Arctic regions. Still, of "the world where you don't know when you are going to get the daily papers
 Forty thousand fans saw the Cleve- land Indians and the New York Yan kees play yesterday at the Polo Grounds. Confidence in baseball seems to have been restored
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 A French count after receiving a sword thrust through the arm while fighting a duel, burst into tears and quit. Yet, it was the French who stopped 'em at the Marne.
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 The French minister of war says, France and the United States will never be separated Except of  course, by the justly famous Atlantic ocean
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 In calling the Arbuckle case a fire bell" Dr. Wilbur Crafts uses the picturesque language which is the professional uplifter's chief stock in trade.
 If the sport writers know what they are talking about, MT. Dempsey might as well emulate Alexander and weep for more worlds to conquer.
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 Harsh words are being hurled in the municipal campaign. Politics net only makes strange bedfelYows, but 1 it invigorates vocabularies. * * <
 Let's get rid of mosquitoes" says the Arkansas Gazette. No, let's wait 1 until winter comes and then we won t have to worry about mosquitoes. < + * Bill Hart says he has never been to movie party. Maybe so, but we fear Bill is just talking for publi- cation.
 | It would be too bad if the disar- | mament conference should decide to wait untik after the next war to limit armaments | Even ig Bolivia should withdraw that wouldn't leave the League oi Nations flat on it's back 4 < < | The old straw hat and the ther- mometer are conspiring to prevent the sale of autumn lids. 1 * x x ! There are great many "shorr lambs" in this country who could never be coaxed to an auction block | The revival of supper clubs in New York is an indication that prohibi. ton isn't prohibiting yet. T 4 x l Hugo Shines is another man who is so powerful he never has to have his pants pressed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Planting Fruit Trees

we have booked delivery of sev- eral thousand fruit trees to members of the association and others this fall,' said B. c. Garmon, president of the Jefferson County Truckers as- sociation. We have arranged for purchase at wholesale prices and guarantee of freedom from disease and blemish. The trees will come in carload lots. and will be expertly inspected on arrival. Through CO., operative purchase each farmer will get his trees at about half the re- tail price.
 Our truckers market on Morris avenue has been success. A mini mum of 150 wagons sell out the en- tire load every morning. Brming- ham has become a great consumer of truck, and there is never too much for the market"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
MILDLY INTERESTED.

we are out of bungalows jus now" said the brisk rental agent but how would you like for me tt show you a Queen Amer"
 Cant say" replied the hous' hunter, dubiously. What does sh look like?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
How Great a Railroad
 Burden Can be Endured

NWHArEvER may be ones 0pin-'
 wv ion of the views of former Gov. B. B. Conner with reference to the railroad freight problem, there can be no dispute as to the burden of high freight rates on the business of the country. A sentence from Mir. Comer's recent public statement in regard to intrastate rates ex- presses a very general sentiment:
 There is no possible excuse, with deflation in every product of the farmer from 25 to 75 per cent, that there should not be an equivalent reduction in the wartime freight tax rates"
 That is basically true. Until the railroad freight charges are deflated in accordance with the deflation elsewhere there can be no thorough return to normal. Either the rail roads, including the men who work for the railroads, must bear their part of the readjustment or they remain a extra burden on the inter ests that have been deflated. Either the freight rates must be reduced or the deflation which other inter ests have undergone must go deeper.
 The problem is how much of a railroad burden can the country en- dure? This is not an academic question, but practical problem.
 An Ohio branch of the Woman s Christian Temperance union has passed a resolution flor the educa- ton of women against using flavor ing extracts containing alcohol in any form" The resolution should apply only to married women. If there isn't man about the place, flavoring extracts containing alcohol can safely be left on tho pantry shelf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Shorten Church Services

T think Dr. James E. billiard, pas tor of the Southside Baptist church. has set fine example for the city churches in limiting his services on Sunday morning and evening to one hour each" said Ed S. Hughes. for the custom of making so many an nouncements and allowing other things to encroach upon the time was making the people restless.
 "A church which gets out a bulle- tin can easily dispense with am nouncements frong the pulpit, save in rare cases. I am sure that when 1t becomes known that the services at the Southside Baptist church will be kept within the hour that it will prove big drawing card as it means that the pastor will devote more time to his sermons and less to auxiliary matters, however important they may be- I for one feel that preach ing, accompanied by good music, should be the feature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

w. J. Bryan, in the Commoner.
 No telling what may happen next year-it will be a year. of surprises. If the Democrats Will exercise care in the selecting of congressman ana candidates for governor, a winning man may develop into a presidential candidate in 1924. Be careful. No wet or Wall street men need apply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Growth of Club

we feel proud of the growth of the Birmingham Automobile club" said James P. Dobbns, secretary. "One year ago, when the new of fioers, headed by Charles G. Davis, took charge, we had 13S paid mem hers. By January 1 we had 500. Then we began our real membership cam paign, and the roster now shows 5000 members in good standing.
 Our slogan is 5000 members and we believe we are going to get them. The club has done it's best to serve and has been continuously on the job. We believe in service, and to our reputation for service we credit the remarkable increase in member ship.
 We also try to be right. Whether a certain route favors Birmingham or some other place, we tell the trav- eler the condition of the road, and are thus building up reputation for reliability!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
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ADRIFvr WITH THE TIMES
NOT so POPULAR NOW.

/ NOT so POPULAR NOW.
 Here's a new slogan"
 What is it?" asked MT. Grumpsor 'Knickerbockers for Housework Are you for it?"
 I'm for 1t if it will make house work a fad"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
CALL TT "DwoLL ERIN"

CALL IT "DWOLL ERIN" From the New York World.
 In answer to numerous inquires, the World herewith prints the fol- lowing information on the Dail Fir cam:
 How it is spelled-Dail Eireann.
 How it is pronounced-Dwol Erin.
 What Dan means-House of Repre- sentatives.
 What it is-The Irish House of Commons. meeting place for the So representatives of Sim Fein Ireland It is now held in Dublin, but can be held any place designated by the members. In Easter week, 1916. it was held outside of Nelson's Pillar in Dublin. when the members as- sembled to read the constitution of the Irish Republic"
 By the way Sim Fein is pronounced "Shin Fane."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 Few of us ever get old enough to know better.
 About some men the only regular thing is their irregularity.
 The man with grouch gets more sympathy than he deserves.
 Money talks of its own accord, but a frugal man makes every penny count.
 Many man has died without struggle who, found it impossible to live that way.
 It is easy for woman with false teeth to bite off more molasses candy than she can chew.
 It wouldn't be so bad for the aver age loser if he didn't have to explain to his wife just how it happened
 If the average man were to receive the salary that his conceit desires he would be so busy spending it that he would have no time to hold his job.