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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
THE CELEBRATED RENO

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 The fact that one lady has trav half around the world to secure the services of the Reno divorce experts to get surcease from the matrimonial entanglement in which she Is en- meshed by the laws of two nations is but an incident in the career of that celebrated city.
 Mail-order houses in the divorce in- dustry are still in their infancy. but give promise of great things. There has grown up in Reno body of ex- perts who can divorce anybody, but the case of he lady from Asia Is the first which has come to our attention which is so clearly in the nature of an international divorce.
 Reno. of course, has other claims to public recognition. There Is no more generally energetic and force ful cAmmunity anywhere. But it's specaity is doubtless the divorce in- dustry, in respect to which 1t lqads the world and it's fame has spread to |%lg naiisrs Reno Is unquestionably shs divorce center Of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
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ENTER. NEGRO "CoN" MAN

From the New York Sun.
 T ran into real old southern darky today" said Smith to Jones as he returned to his office after q little trip to inspect some real estate he was handling. Jones, who also had transplanted himself to New York from the south. listened with inter- est.
 T found him wandering around dis consoiately in Washington Square" Smith went on. and think he must have known I was southsrner. Boss he said, can you all tell me where can find any colored folks in dis hyer town? done landed two days ago from Norfolk and I jess ben wandering all over and can't find where dey live. I don't like dis run min around tryin' to keep out of white folks way all de time.'
 "'Sure, I told him. There's a reg ular city of them out in Harlem. Thousands of them out there. So gave him a dollar and took him over and put him on the L. He was tick led half to death.'
 Was. he tall old chap. about 90. with gray shirt and a straw hat with the top knocked Off?" asked Jones. whose eyes had been twink ling.
 Why. yes" answered Smith; how did you know?"
 "Well. he took me in with the same story. in the same place, two weeks ago. only all gave him-4was a half dollar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
A Case Where Donations
 Are a Good Investment

r5f7HE fund for Birmingham's semi
 Il centennial celebration has been fixed at $3O,O0o. When we consider the occasion for which this money will be spent and the returns it will bring to the city of Birmingham the amount seems small. There should not be the slightestt difficulty in raising this much and more.
 We claim to have population of about 100000 people. The subscrip- ton list was started with contri- buttons of $l,000. It should not be necessary to have many donations of that size, if there is the same public spirit in Birmingham which was revealed so often during the World war, and if the people of this city realize that the $30,00, will be repaid to them many times over.
 Every taxicab in Birmingham,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
4 4 # Have Landlords Heard That the War Is Over?

@ AMUEL GOMPERS speaks O early and often, but there are times when words of wisdom fall from his lips. In recent interview he said, "The cost of living has not come down. Instead, with profiteer- ing unchecked and unrestrained, it is going up, especially rents. Ninety per cent of the homes in the United States were built before the war, but the exorbitant rents gouged out of the tenants by the profitccring landlords is blamed on the high cost of labor during the war"
 Of the many fragrant examples of profiteering to which the Ameri- can people have been subjected, none has been more oppressive than high rent and inadquate housing During the war, as every one knows, there were practically no homes built. This led to a housing short age and rents scared. Whatever the excuse given by landlords the real reason why they exacted exorbitant rents was the Knowledge that peo- pie had to have roof over their heads and were compelled to pay the price. The rent for cheaply con structed wooden houses built many years ago rose to an exorbitant height because greedy landlords profited by national emergency.
 The war has been over nearly four years. Rents have not been re- duced. Why? The landlords know the answer to that question, and so do their tenants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
MIGHT TRY A TASTE

hi0IlI te A AO IL
 All you have to do in this scene" said the movie director, lis to wrestle a few minutes with lion"
 "Is that all?'
 Yes. The animal is quite tame. In fact, he has never tasted raw meat"
 T don't doubt your word. but how do you know he has no curiosity?"
 A HARD LIFE
 Lguess you think this is an easy way to get living" said the indig- nant pedestrian.
 "No, don't" said the tootpad cross ly. I've .been standing around here for three hours in the rain, waiting for boob to come along. And what sort of luck do I have?. You've got s1.5o in your pocket and tin watch"
 RARE TYPE OF CITIZEN You don't often meet a citizen like Clipping"
 "No?p
 He's still proud of his town, de- spite the fact that he's poor and most of the men he started out with are riding around in limousines."
 NEW STATUTE NEEDED Judge, ho stays away from home practically all the tsme.'
 That's bad"
 Why. I even have to go out to the golf links when I want to ask him for money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
LETTERS TO EDITOR
MAKEs Al FORECAST

To the Editor of The Age Herald: As a travelling man spending much time in Birmingham, but not voter, permit me to assume the role of my lamented friend Marcus Well, and make political prediction which appears to be surety.
 The next city comms ssioners. in the order of their vote, will be. Bar rett Harrison, Taylor, Batson and Hornady.
 You are at liberty to print this.
 FEB MUNROY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
EVEN THE THRlFTy .HIrEv

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 It is rather surprising to hear that the precise and scientific public of Germany, with Berlin as the storm center, has fairly fallen over itself in a scrambling scuffle# to invest money in a speculatives enteFprlse that ought to have had it's habitat on the Illinois prairies, con tiguous to Chicago A we'll known patron of the German turf three months ago set upon it's tentative feet d Sports Bank" scheme by which investors were promised- through hectic advestising assur- ances--a return of 95 per cent per month, more on long investments. Within a few days he had q string of 40 branches scattered throughouu German territory. The banks were organized to place pets on horses at German, French and other continen- tai race tracks, and are reported to have held working capital of 1o,0o0,- 000,000 marks. s
 The obviousness of the character Of the scheme is said to be the excuse of fere, though unheeded warnings from private sources were numerous. In spite of them, minimizing speculators fairly swamped the bank with eash and would have continued had not government revenue officials sai&si the place to confiscate several nit lion marks to cover unpaid taxes. That broke" the bank and bFought the crash. The promoter ownsd and occupied a princely villa in Berlin. had a magnificent estate at zcssen, and gave annuities of kings ransom proportions to winning jockeys-but his resources amount to only $ ,oo0,- 900 marks against liabilities of nor less than 100, 000,0oo. Is the tradi tional cautious, thrifty German char acter changing, as this wild scheme seems to fhtimate$ gFssa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
.FATHER OF DORA,

From the Jasper Mountain Eagle. The first carload of coal shipped from Dora was billed out By Waltef. Moore the day after the first train ran through on the new railroad iii December sst7 and practically every coal mine of Ary inportanceN that has been opened in the Dora Vteld since that time ssE oaen through 1ns enterprise ct Mi. Msore Industrt4a Iy speagings ha ls the father pf Dora. id
 The Mag lSn msre was Nsnec np 1887 by Mr. %ocre zra , HaRncla.eE and was names fox xxsss Moore and Mrs. 5ellsn 4saeu- of Hugh Friel. Mi MpS ~AN 9res- ident and general alaN Efs company, and 1t was Sff sn3Mc3 that the first coal shipM tN yah was made.
 Then thy Thom&s Price w~ft opened. i1 the hill opposue town of Dora-1or Horse Creek. as wAs then ca,Jed-with rue tipple sld inc main line of the Frisco raiiA oa { 1t has long since been worked cS and abahdoned.
 In 1889 Hooper and Frie'.. ana Ras* ' associates. organized the Dora E9as Mining company and began eRefa tions. It was about this time khas the name of Horse CrseK was changed to Dora: being nsnied log Mrs. Hugh Friel, wife of sl.e coal epr orator. who was prominent Iii {hss early development of that Neld,
 Shortly after the Ivy Mines vFtrs onehed by Walter MooTe and Nnts associates, two miles north os Dprs. nnd now known as Siess- -SheffaslJ mines. Then the West Rratt mines ..kra onened about l9O0
 Later Mir. Moore opened what nre row mines s and 10 of Pratt Cor solidated Coal company. He Is now operating extensive minifis interests ht Empire. 4 and Is still Interested iu several enterprises in the Dora ffiis [.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
A Hat Fran Manila

"I appreciate a remembrance of my seventy fifth birthday that came all the way from Manila said Judge A. c. Howze. "It was a straw hat made by natives of the Philippines and of beautiful weave. It was a gift from my son, Marion Howze, who is judge advocate in the service of the country in Manila.
 The hat was neatly enclosed in a cane case cylindrical in form. It was compressed in a narrow tubular space, but assumed its shape as soon as taken from the tube and allowed to do so. l do not know much about the Filipinos, but the hat which my son sent me shows they at least know lot about the weaving art"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
SECRET TRANsAcTIoN

SECRET TRANSACTION T wonder why those two men want to hold conference in sturfy tele- phone booth where there isn't room enough to turn around.7
 They have papers before them" q noticed that.g
 Perhaps they are exchanging re- cipes."
 TEMPTATION TO SHERIFFs Did you take along bioodhounds in the old days when you toured the country with an Uncle Toms Cabin snow?"
 "No." said the veteran actor. We carried Great Danes or mastIffs. as they were large and fierce looking animals. Besides. it wouldn't have been good policy to have real blood hounds that might have been useful to sheriff if he attached them
 THE STATESMAN much admire the public man Who's built upon a massive plan And has, q deep and, runbiing voice In which his auditors rejoicei For while F may nap through his
 speeches, The difference paid to him teaches That anyone who's large of girth And has an air of conscious worth, And does not lack gifts oratoric, Fen though they may be sopho-
 moric, ts Will be accepted by the nation Quite oft at his own valuation.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
CABIN BOYS

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 What redsblooded boy in the world won't envy the two Scotch SBoy Scouts picked by Sir Ernestf Shackle- ton to go with him on the coming Antarctic cruise of at least two yeats? One comes from the northern tip of Scotland and the other from the near by Orkncys; and the winds and the waves have no secrets from them, though the ways of London town are strange beyond their fathoming.
 Shackleton. however, is not picking out his cabin boys because they can roll their own, or have a pretty taste in ties. or can drive tin Lizzie with one hand on the wheel and the other arm round flapper. These boys are going on the little ship, "The Quest" to fight the ocean and the ice; to be companioned only by the penguins walk everywhers In the fury of the fiercest winds that blow. They must obey orders mutely and keep their tempers under the strain of inter- minable darkness and inviolable soli- tudes. They must be ready for such journeys as that which Shackleton made across 800 miles of open sea i,, small boat to the South Georgia islands.
 Verify. they will have more to do than to light the cabin lamp. or find the commanders tobacco pouch, or lay out his bathrobe and his slippers for him.. Boys as they are. they will have all of mans game to play. Just as it was up to Jakey and Lew in The Drums of the Fore and Aft" so the success or failure of the whole Antarctic show might suddenly de- volve upon the shoulders of two fisher lads that once were heavy laden with the creels and nets where the salty spray of the foreland stung their cheeks. They know how to work with the men that go down to the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24

breast and wise are those statesmen who recognize it and exert their ef- forts to rehabilitate the world on that basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
< * ' House Passes Two Important Measures

TRY a vote of 214 to 123, the ad- i lO ministration's railroad fund ing bill was passed in the House. At the same time and on a vote of 314 to 21, the House passed the Sen- ate bill making billion dollars available for the stimulation of ex- ports through the war finance cor poration.
 The handsome majorities accorded these measures assures their final adoption and the use of vast sums to be employed in adjusting two of the most important of the country's affairs, the one internal and the other external. With the money paid to them under the funding bill the railroads will enter the iron and steel markets for much needed and belated supplies. This will stimu- late the iron and steel industry as nothing else could, the railroads be- ing the largest consumers of iron ,. and steel products. ' The railroads are already in the market for lot of steel and orders sfor repair of cars have been placed to an extent that calls for large tonnage of steel. Numbers of rail road car shops have either resumed operations or are to do so in the immediate future. Here and there srailroad rates have been reduced sboth for interstate and intrastate straffic. The trunk lines are whip ping themselves into better shape in Eseveral directions.
 When we add to the better outlook of the railroads through the fund.- ting bill the prospect of stimulated sexportation of the agricultural ,products of the country, one cannot but feel that the nation is headed to period of good business that will reflect benefit on all lines of industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
SET RIGHT AGAIN

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 In a cable message Einstein denies that he said that American men are the 'toy dogs of American women.' Now that we American men know that we are big, fierce mastiffs. in- stead of toy dogs. the incident i. closed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
Restful Atm ospheres

T have always been impressed by the fact that there is a different at mosphere about every town which can be detected by any person who Is the least susceptible to it. Mrs. Neil R. Wallace city amusement inspec- tor said yesterday, some cities and towns suggest strenuousness and the hustle and hustle of business, others are quiet and restful.
 There are certain south Alabama towns which especially fall into the second class, Nobody is in a hurry and nobody seems bothered. all vacation after I have visited them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
pr. G. Campbell Morgan

T am sure the hundreds who had the privilege of hearing Dr. C.. Campbell Morgan in his series of Bible studies, delivered during the war at the First Methodist church," said Perry Fow1kes, twill be glad to know that he is to be in America Broughton at Grove Avenue church, Richmond, in October
 "Dr. Morgan stands out pre-emi- nently as the most popular lecturer on the Bible now living, as he speaks to thousands upon thousands on its great themes. His name is a house. hold word throughout the Protestant world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
\ J0D OF FEMlNIsM

Arthur H. Folwel, In Leslies.
 Since the triumph in suffrage, fem inism has beer cofsing righ. along in all departrsnts, but il eas yet to enrich the industrial serla with a Jane of ll-tradcs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
BAKUS TRAGIC TORCHES

had reached high degree of ef- ficiency
 During the troubles in 1918 there were frequent threats by various fac tions that the wells of this famous region would be fired to keep them from falling under foreign control.
 "Baku twas the field in which Ai- fred B. Nobel, already noted as the inventor of dynamite and for his success as a manufacturer of explo- s;ves, gained the fortune which on his death was partly devoted to the establishment of the peace prize, and the almost equally famous prizes for distinction in physical science, in chemistry, in medical science and ill literary excellence. Theodore Roose- welt, Elihu Root and Woodrow Will son have been recipients of the peace prize founded on profits from Baku oil. Other Americans who have been honored with Nobel prices are Albert Abraham Nicholson. for his re- searches in the velocity and qualities of light; Theodore ". Richards for his study of atomic theories, and Alexis Carrel, for his success in SUI turing blood vessels and in the trans plantation of human organs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
Not Returning to
 Pre-War Price List

Y0 ECONOMISTS are scouting the lE idea that the country will re- turn to the prices of 1913-14. The advance since that time has been so great that standard was raised not before existing and new base line was established. One of these experts says:
 "To expect return to prices and conditions of pre-war years is merely the blindness of men in al- ways looking into the past for the golden age"
 It is the tendency of men and women as they grow older to dread the innovations which they see be- ing introduced and to hark back to simpler days when such things did not exist and the world got along very we'll without them. But these same men and women developed wants in their youth that their fathers and mothers did not know and these fathers and mothers looked back on their youth just as their sons and daughters do on theirs.
 Each age progresses. The novelty and luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. The porcelain bath tub and the automobile are not lux uries; they are necessities. Ox- carts were driven by happy people, but man could not use an ox-cart and make success in this age.
 The standard of living of the av- craze man has been raised. He wants more and demands more. For this reason the buyers strike has come to an end and men are pay ing higher than prc-war prices for many articles without seeking to further hammer them down. Very few prices are being reduced at this time, while the tendency of lower prices for leading products is to advance.
 The deadlock in business that found it's ultimate expression in un- derproduction has been broken and men have resumed trading with one another on the conviction that fair deal is obtainable. That stops a downward movement and creates h,isiness activity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
How Nations Cling to Individuality

NR ORE than 450 years ago the gWA followers of Mahomet were battering the walls of Constantino- pie and the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine Palaeologos, fell fight ing gallantly to preserve the east ern empire pf the Caesars. Today the Greeks, who have not yielded | through the centuries to the domina- )tion of the Turks, are fighting the Kurdish nationalists.
 The blood and the money that ~ Greece has spent during the centu- ries of her oppression would seem ingly have wasted the energies of any people. The many disappoint- ments that have followed the prow- ess of her arms when Europe has denied her the fruits of her hard won victories have been more than sufficient to tame the spirit of an ordinary people.
 It has not been so with Greece. She has lived up to the inheritance handed down by ancient forebears and has not wavered in her determi-
 lation to drive her oppressors from
 heir stolen domain.
 The wonders of the ages are these K sgnzdrawn out struggles of peoples n one inheritance of history and <redition against having that in- hpritance merged with another's. No
 3ntter what people has peculiar
 itself that it clings to. It is the yame quality of individuality in na- tjoHs thst exists in each human
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

Madam there's no law to cover your case, but there ought to be one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
HOMEWARD

HOMEWARD ,. Eleanor ubncan Wood, ii Leslss'x The birds&are flying south ones ms ' To Summtr, and to You!
 AKaihsQ the gray of 1eeaen sky, And ShIkerine forest low tAey fix Like f1ry ships their course EFey'
 plyU ! watch lem fade from siss And You. whose smile is s'inipaer ssn Whose ybice is Jute-times sonz. 1T morning to Ygur wtr tow hrapf A weary Bird with tra; Ag wiat Oh take him ip and bt< AAm siai IHe bears my hskrt aaos'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24

EIGHT MORE THAN MOSES HAD From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Now that we have the eighteenth commandment of the American con stitution. we can dispense with the original Ten introduced by Moses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24

A New York woman says when she objected to her husbands business, he replied, You ought to be proud to be the wife of a successful bootleg- ger Furthermore. there is no req son why she shouldn't be able to break into society.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-09-29
CHARTER.

ARTICLE IX-The incorpOrators have
written opposite their name their nos,
office addresses and a statement of Tho
number of shares Of stock which each
agree 10 take in the corporation
Thus done and passed, at my office in
the City of New Orleans, the day. month
and wear first above written, in the pres
ence Of Alphonse COutin Jr., and Harrietta
Schneider, competent witnesses residing in
this city, who have hereunto signed their
names with appearers and me, notary.
after due reading of the whole.
ORIGINAL SIGNED:
Names OF subscribers omitted for pubU-
cation.
Witnesses: a. Coutin. Jr., H. Schneider
CHAS J. BITET.
Notary Public
l. the undersigned Recorder Of Mort
cages in and for the Parish of Orleans
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Act of Incorpora-
ton of the California Products Co. Inc
of New Orleans, was this day duly record
ed in my office, in Book 1858. folio 81.
New Orleans, August 3ISt. 1921
(Signed): ROBT. SCOTT.
Deputy Recorder
/. the undersigned notary do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing is n
true and correct copy of the original Act
of Incorporation of record in my Office
In faith whereof. | have hercunto set
my hand and affixed the impress Of nv
official seal this 3rd day Of the month Of
September \. ID. 1921.
CHAS. J. RIVET.
Notary Public.
Sent S-Oct II
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-09-29
CHARTER OF NEW ORLEANS Hons.
ING CORPORATION, INC.

United States Of America, State of Lou
1siana' Parish of Orleans. Be it known,
that on this list day of the month of Sep
TENDER, in the year of our Lord, one thous-
and nine hundred and twenty-one 1921
and of the Independence of the United
states of America, the one hundred and
forty-sixth, before me, Watts K Lever
ich, Notary Public, duly commissioned
orleans, State of Louisiana, therein re-
siding, and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned.
personally came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereunto sub
scribed, who declare that, ayailing them.
selves Of the laws of this State relative
70 the organization of corporations, they
nave eovenanted and agreed, and do by
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-09-29
AMENDMENT OF CHARTER UNITFn
LAUNDRY INC

Onlted states of America, State of Louis
iana' City of New Orleans, Be it known.
September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand, nine hundred and twenty one.
Defore me, Michel Provosty, a notary nub.
Tic duly commissioned and qualified in
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-09-29
ohahTER OF MID-CONTINENT PIE.
IhOLEUM CORPORATION. INC.

United States of America State NJ Ioris.
iana, Parish of Orleans, be n known on
inns the 21th day of May in the year of our
Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and
twenty one, before me, Robert G. Reben-
'lsch' notary public, duly appointed, COM