The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-01
Peach and Watermelon
 Movements Break Records

Peach and Watermelon
 Movements Break Records T7f1HE shipments of peaches and J watermelons from Georgia this year were not only larger than heretofore, but they were handled by the railroads on time and with perfect refrigerator service. It is also most encouraging to realize that the dark forebodings about the effect of high freight rates were not borne out. The fruit has yielded the farmers splendid returns.
 Up to July 22 the peach ship ments totaled 10,264 cars, COT. pared with total of 5,663 cars in the en- tire season of 1920. The total for this year will be over 100 per cent more than last year.
 Up to July 16 the watermelon movement comprised 10,110 cars, compared with 6,258 for the same period in 1920, ana 11,105 for the entire 1920 movement. It is quite clear that the watermelon record will approximate that of peaches.
 The farmers realized on peaches a total of $7,350,000 and on water melons total of $2,000,00O. Here is nearly s1o,oOo,oOo before the sea- son is out in the pockets of Georgia growers of two perishable farm products.
 It is needless to recite the fact that these shipments were on the cooperative plan. All successful movements from the farms are on that basis. Cotton will be as great a success as peaches and water melons when that also is handled 1 comparatively and by agencies re- sponsible to the farmers.
 Democracy has made another step | fo rd DriD fox trotted with laboring man, the | first time in history that member of | the royal family ever did such a | thing. Her proud partner was quot cd as saying that he felt "bit | balmy." Hungarian capitalists are said to | be keeping their paper money in re- frlgerators because the heat makes it smudgy Even when money has no | great value, it should be a typo- | graphical work of art
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 For a section of the country that | is afflicted with pellagra and famine, the south is showing a remarkable penchant for picnics, barbecues, base ball games and swimming parties.
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 Chlcago's millionaire policeman" who shot lawyer in court, is said to be eccentric. Shooting people in | Chicago is too common to be regard ed as an cccentrfcity.
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 Senator France was favorably inn pressed with conditions in Russia, but we refuse to believe that he scov- ! cred the situation thoroughly in three | weeks.
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 The republicans who are pointing with pride to what has been accom- | plished by the Harding administra- tion optimism.
 A London paper says Northeliffe is ! from megalomania. If { Northcliffe finds time he may resent ! this attempt to place him in the same | NdlSSoIS WltH eN-hdiSef Wilhelm.
 < :s x | By attending the honorable disarm- ament conference Japan will show that her honorable statesmen have | not been talking through their hats. |
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 A brisk sale of watermelons in the [ local market reminds us that no way [ has ever been found to keep the seed | out of consumers ears.
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 A man was arrested for promenad- | ing the streets of Paris naked. Nud- ity on the Paris stage is presumably | a concession to art
 If Georges decides to stay in | France, where he Is an idol and the | francs are pouring in, he will show excellent judgment
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 Now that the soviet authorities are l look forward to some gripping ar- ticles. in the magazines.
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 By the way, what are the grateful 1 American people doing about Ser geant York and that mortgage on his farm?
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 Laws to keep-the ladies from smok- ing will never get anywhere. The ladies are above such trivial legisla- tioh
 The relative merits of the bombing