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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
A FRENCH STATESMAN
stephane Lauzanne. in the North
 American Review.

stephane Lauzanne. in the North
 American Review.
 Physically, M. Brland resembles strangely Mir. Lloyd George; the same prominent nose. the same long hair combed back, the same active eyes. the same gripping and persuasive eloauencs. As matter of fact. they are relatives at least insofar as the Welsh and the Bretons are related, and when they are together they chat with each other like cousins. There are moments when their jokes be- come sharp.
 How Is it." MT. Lloyd George asked recently, that the Bretons fought so well during the war?"
 "Because,' replied NJ. Briand with the utmost seriousness, they cen- tinually imagined that they were fighting against the welsh."
 One day in the Chamber of Depu- ties, M Maurice Barres cried out to him, half in anger and half in admir- alton:
 You are monster of flexibility." (''vous etes un monstre de sou plesse.")
 The world needs such monsters. One cannot always govern with closed fist and threat on the lips. The world cannot be built of iron bars alone. There must be o.k to ease the turning of the coss of tae immense machine: a, careful ana sxacrt hand must pour it on the right spot; and an experienced and calm eye must watch over the ensemble of the factory.
 M, Aristide Briand has all of that. And he has also the courage oi know iaE hsw ts make enemies in order not to abandon q friend witch in politics is the most useful and the rsrest courage.
 To some political followers who came to see him one day to declare that they approved of his theories. | ( replied:
 'l am glad th4t you like my prin- ciplee, but I would prefer that you like me for myself"'
 M. BriAnd can rest assured He is liked for Himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
Kindnss. to s.lai...

Lots of folks have responded to that request which we threw out in in The Ase-Herald for visits to the soldiers in the city hospitals, taking them to ride in automobiles and the like" said Arthur Greenwood.
 Among others is the First Meth odist Sunday school. The soldiers ap 7 preeiate these little acts of kindness, many of them being strangers in the city
 Tt is not much to go by hospital when starting out on an automobile ride and ask if there is not a soldier or so there who would like a breath of fresh country air. It is not a great deal to take one or two of them to the funeral of one of their num- Der. It makes these boys feel that their country really and truly honors them
 People are kindly disposed and that one little article in The Age Herald has brought fine results"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25

gigantic hangar in New Jersey to receive it when the transatlantic voyage was completed. This tragedy is another reminder of the fact that mans mastery of the air is still precarious. Such accidents empha- size the perils of flying, for of all the craft in which men navigate the skies the dirigible is considered to be the safest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
"LIGHTlN'" From tho Macon News.

From tho Macon News.
 The homaly and wholesome com cdy, "Lishtnin," is leaving Broad way after . run of 1,2s1 perform ances, which in some quarter. is being cited as an example of the kind of play the American people want It has no sex appeal and it is no, gaudy in any sense. And yet it has established . record on the most so- phisticated street in the most sophis- ticated city in the world. where everybody is supposed to be looking for . new sensation Against this run of 1,3s1 nights it is recalled that Booth played Hamlet 100 nights. Denman Thompson played The Old Hcmestead" s72 nights. The record, until March IT, 1920, was for Hoyts "Trip to Chinatown" So 1t looks as if the American people liked things that are simple. clean and wholesome, after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
A MIGHTY HANGAR

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 Out on the Jersey flats where once only cranperries struggled valiantls to survive in wilderness of un- cleared land. the natives for more than two years have watcned with Increasing amazement small army of men pile up some 1e,oo0,ooo pounds of steel Into one of the largest str Ie- lures of It's kind on earth-the hugo hangar which the United States navy has built near Lakehurst to house its leviathan airships, notably the ZR-s
 Step off the train at Lakehurst and one finds towering out of the mist a mile distant the great gray shed. A first glance Is really amazing. One understands the atmosphere of Lake Hurst, like that of an old cathedral town. It was the same impression that prompted Capt. w. A. Moffett. chief of naval aviation. to exclaim. on a recent visit to the hangar;
 T have stood before the pyramids and marveled at the achievement of a dead past. But this Is more marve- lous. It livesr
 And 1t does live, with all the breath of hissing steam and clankety- clank of metal against metal. Standing 1so feet night it dwarfs the giant cranes outside. More than 800 feet in length 1t could cover three average city blocks. And 1t Is almost hundred yards in width. It's doors would ad- init 16-story building upright, and leave room for flagstaff or two.
 A railroad train Is lost on the vast expansc of floor. Eight hundred men distributed here and there about the 1. girdered galleries on either side work unnoticed and with rarely the sound of a human voice disturb ins the monotonous hum of rivetiag machinery. The cranes far toward the other end of the hangar hoist tons of steel in a single grip, yet vir- tually appear like black robed func- tionaries performing the endless duties of mystic ritual before the amber-stained glass windows in the doors.
 Yet after all, it is only a shed, no beams or braces breaking up the arched vault. It will receive two airships of the.zR type, and they are 700 feet long, and more than 80 feet wide, as large as the great ocean liners. They are filled with hydrogen gas, and therefore other precautions have been taken, aside from those dealing with wind resistance and ac- commodation, for maintaining the ships in repair
 So far as actual engineering is con cerned, the doors presented the only new problem. Covering either end or the hangar they must be opened to the full extent before an airship is admitted. Yet, no ordinary con- structicn could withstand the force of the wind that constantly assails the doors. evidently gaining momen- tum as it swirls under the roof The engineers accordingly resorted to simple means to protect these doors. They braced them. Can one picture braces supporting History sky scraper?
 Out from each end of the hanrar extends a runway for 800 yards. Along this are the docking rails and railroads which run through the han gar. The docking rails are similar to the trolley slot between street car tracks. Trucks on these rails serve as anchoraees for the airship when It arrives outside its berth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
gUsrlF asLE ASSAULT

JUsrlF LIE ASSAULT
 You admit taat you struck this man2
 T do, yoar bpnor."
 Why"
 He burst int my office while I was mopplng m1 brow and gaspinx for breath and informed me that Con- sress was aaeut ts Fepeal~the tax on snowshess aad skiis
 Pay tho court T and costs, and shake hands with me before you 60 out" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
America and Germany
 Agrees on Peace Treaty

5NHE announcement from Wash Il ington yesterday that sep arate treaty of peace between the United States and Germany had been agreed on means the final scrapping, so far as America is con rcrned, of the League of Nations.
 It Is reported that the German government met all demands of the a,nerioan government and the treaty will be advantageous in every re- spect to the United States, since it guarantees all the rights and privi- leges given to America in the treaty of Versailles.
 The "irreconcilables" may well rejoice. MT. Harding and Secretary Hughes bowed to the will of this militant faction and negotiated an agreement which would have been fnuch the same if America and Ger rdspg had been the only participants n the late war. MT. Harding and Mi Hughes have calmly ignored our associates across the Atlantic and have acted on the formula of America First"
 There will be no serious opposi ten to ratification, either in the United States or in the Reichstag. Tie Germans win a point against their former enemies in Europe by negotiating separate treaty with the United States and so far as this country is concerned it will insure Che fruits of victory, such as they are, and will end an anomalous sit ua tion which has existed since the United States Senate refused to rat fly the Versailles treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
Tricks of the Wind

T know some turn in the weather is due" said Sol Caheen yesterday just before the change did come. T know not what the change will be, but something is due to happen le- cause the winds have all been goiag wrong recently.
 We used to get rain out of the east. It has been giving us dry weather. The north wind is asscci- ated with cooler temperature. We have had hot waves out of the north.
 Looks to me as if one of the two prevailing winds has been from the desert of Sahara, and the other from the dry state of Florida. Certain it is that the point of the compass so far as north and east are concerned in relation to moisture and tempera- ture have been bringing us the oppo- site of what they usually do. Out of the row that Is going on in the cave of old Boreas, we ought at least to have a change, and no one would cb- ject to that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
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POINTED PARAGRArMs

From the Chicago NeWs
 Principles of acoustics are sound doctrines.
 Most people never really need half they pay for.
 Tho well man often forgets the sick mans promises.
 The bank wrecker may be bailed out. but the bank uaually sinks.
 If in doubt about an experiment, get some other fellow to try it first,
 When looking for lodgings man must either inquire within or so without.
 Men sometimes denounce gossip but not until they have listened to every word.
 sTs step into another mans shoes is s1nerally easier than it Is to walk in them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
= Greatest of Airships Destroyed by Explosion


 rT7zHE appalling disaster which be- II fell the dirigible ZR-2 and its crew while making trial flight over England yesterday will cause both amazement and sorrow in America. This giant dirigible, the largest ever constructed. was sup posted to be the "last word" in air craft of it's type and to embody the latest discoveries in the science of aviation, as well as every conceiva- ble device to insure safety.
 here have been rumors of de- zeets in the ZR-2, but they were be- es ysd to be of minor character, although the transatlantic trip which was to bring the ship to America had been postponed. The loss of the ZR-2 is an international disas- ter. The dirigible had recently been completed by England for the United States government and when the ac- cident occurred British aviators were instructing an American crew who had been chosen to make the voyage to America.
 It may be difficult to place the blame for the loss of the airship, but a-thorough investigation should be made, since it appears that there must have been serious defects to cause it to explode in such a man ner. Experts said the ZR-2 had nothing to fear from the clements but bolt of lightning, yet it was almost instantly destroyed in cir cumstances which seem to indicate that there was something radically wrong, either with the airship itself or in the conduct of the crew.
 The ZR-2 was not only the larg- est dirigible eyer built, but thc
 nsrican government had erected a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
anne plane regardless of their

f1ihNi dH " nd5 DSt0l found that the soldiers hospital at Johnson City, Tenn, Is not as bad as 1t was painted. Nothing ever is as bad AS 1t is painted by persons who want to create a newspaper sensa- ton.
 American veterans of the World foreign legion have no particular prejudice against the Moroccans. but they are strongly prejudiced against hunger. The movies have produced great many snappy titles. but no one has ever surpassed the publicity genius who heralded Theda Bara in "Salome' as the "Pythoness of Palestine"
 Alarmists who say America isl decadent should stop to consider that we are less than 150 years old. We ought to survive for at least 500 years before the grand crash comea
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 The entire population of many an American town, boasting picture palaces, a union station and every thing, could be carried on board, tho Majestic.
 A fight promoter says pugilists are temperamental. If they were paid q maximum wage of s10 round they'd soon get over that weakness.
 # f 2 Lcnine says capitalism will bel tolerated for a decade or two. After that bolshevism will probably be merely . nightmare of the past.
 E z Y While the military gentlemen are discussing the next war" it be- hooves the masses to prepare for new phases of profiteering
 * 4 g Those 300 American veterans re- ported to be in French prisons are at least missing the horrors of the -c- adjustment period.
 # x < The rapidity with which soldiers are resignins from the army is re- garded in recruiting circles as re- flection on the service.
 We may never see pre-war prices again, but it's dollars to doughnutsl that we who lived through the great crisis will never forget them.
 The man who married Clara Smith Hamon says she's wonderful wom- an. The gentlemen of the jury seemed to think so, too.
 Among the wealthy Americans so- ing abroad to rest and recuperatsI there are doubtless few retired '.moonshiners."
 More activity is reported in ban tamweight circles. Panama and Costa Rica are making faces at each other again. As we do not wish to declare war on Japan at the present time, we shall refrain from reading "The Rape of Corea.'
 Now that Mary Pickford has been photographed in a bathing suit, what else have ws to look forward to?& We have no firms catering to royalty in this country, but the movie queens make admirable substitutes.
 F Y Y Great Britain has about 1000 pool more women than men. EligibisI bachelors should walk wariiy.
 Sf E As sacrifice to art, MT. Doug Fairbanks grew mustache to playl in "The Three Muskstsers."
 . z Suzanne and Molia may be tennis mArvels, but neither one could holil down . job in the "follies.'
 Y Ifhe keeps out of print much long-l CT. Admiral Sims may succeed in live ing down a rather lurid past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
sHOoT THE CRITTER;

From the Cleveland Plain. Dealer.
 Audrey Munson has hidden herself on farm to escape the embarrassing attentions of perfect man" who va, 10 marry her. If thsrs' is such >st large, Miss Munson . S<d with I sawed-
 uraked to act
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
Honeydew Melon.

Alabama farmers have begun to realize the fact they can raise Honey- dew Casaba melons," declared Ed Jordan of Marshall. Jordan & Keith.
 Several men are shipping these melons to Birmingham. They are as gcod in quality as melons from other parts of the country. and can be raised and delivered to consumers for lower prices than the other melons. Farmers should be encouraged in the cultivation of these melons. as 1t would mean larger profits from their work as farmers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
THE YOUNGER GENERATION
rHutR PATRON SAINT

THEtR PATRON SAINT
 Well l gee you are shipping out av other traiaioad of raisins today"
 Tes," ssd the proud resident of FFesno CaA some of these days thers I De V handsome monument ereeted in tais town to the memory of Andrew J. w9lstead."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
THE lNCoRRiGIBLE rEuToN

From the Boston Transcript.
 The Germans are always doing things thAt are disagreeable to the irsst of the world. Just now they arc working
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
Cool h Caroli..

The thing that rnystifies ms," said John Towers, ''is the failure of Bir- mingham folk to enjoy the n.ai l s of North Carolina In the numbers that their proximity and the cost of summer entertainment there would Justify.
 Tt has been delishtfully cool at Black mountain; it always Is throughout the summer. q
 Then the prices are reasonable Way back wonder, one gets the finest kind of board at $7 week, and even now excellent room and meals are furnished for $12.5e a week.
 Tn the farm homes, where the eat ing is fine, the charge Is even le.. I have often sat down to table with eight Vegetables fresh from tho gar den."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
STRENUOUS EXERCISE

 T understand your boy wants to pscorta a musician"
 I'm trying to get him to take up ths bass drum" said MT. Cobbies. whats the idea in that?" If he puts his heart into playing that kind of instrument. it'll be the first manual labor he's ever doua.r TEE YOUNGER GENERATION Wnen . lassie by a laddie On a corner is espied. Should she run and ask her daddie Before she takes a ride? uf siEe inaulre of mother lf if ip wise to go? She ougi,t to, but why bother? She Ievsr does, we know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25

INDIFFERENT TO HIS FATE
 You don't like wapples?"
 No. don't" said MT. Gadspur.
 But you wouldn't harm him?"
 Certainly not. I wouldn't go out of my way to injure Wapples. but if I heard him express a desire to do flip-flaps in an airplane I wouldn't try to dissuade him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
CAureh narbecse

For Fl years the ladies of the Twenty-f1rst Avenue Method,.t church have given an annual bar becue which has been a looked for event not only in North Birmingham, but by the whole Birmingham dis trict." said Ed Haley. flor Capt. Jack Phillips is called into service, which means anyone who has ever eaten one of his cues is ready to go miles to get chance at another one.
 This year the ladies are making DIS preparations as they hope to have such crowd at the North Birming- ham park, September 5, as will make 1t possible for them to clear off the debt incurred in the building of, the new Sunday school annex"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
Through tatt'rd clothes xnnll vices do appear. liking Lear.
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4 MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER
 Grant me, Lord. to conquer fear with the thought of thine infinite love, and help me to conquer bit- terness by making thy love mine own. Amen.--M. 5. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25

T should say sol"
 But we might reply that out of consideration for her loyalty to our paper, we'll furnish her fireside companion by sending her the Clarion free of charge for the rest df her life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25
IN ANOTHER PLACE

I'm in communication with the spirit of your departed friend. John Binks." said the medium. dreamily. And how is John?" asked tho client.
 "He says he's very happy" ''HappyT
 Yes"
 And the climate where he is7" wonderful"
 "Umph! That ain't John"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25

FELICE Felice is learning how to smoke The art is hard to catch; She coughs lot and seems to choke, But strikes wicked match.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-25

A COLD SUBSTITUTE
 "A spinster who says she has been reading our paper for 30 years wants us to help her find a husband" I'm afraid that's hopeless case.' said the editor of the Chisgersvilis Clarion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-10-10

observations on how the weevil can
be held down are different and have
more value than his and our belief
that the crop next year will be
larger.
In some sections of Southwest Geor-
gia this year, Mr.. Williams says, the
cotton crop is actually larger than it
was the year before. And in all such
sections it has been shown that the
farmers were active last winter in
cleaning up" They did not leave SC
many places for the weevil to hiber-
nate. Flowing up fields where cotton
was grown was done, of course, but
that was not enough. The weeVil finds
his finest winter quarters under
stumps, logs and dead trees. These
places were cleaned, 'oLt and the re.
suit was that there. were far fewer
weevils in those sections this year
than last, although the weather CON
ditions this year were more favorable
for the weevil than they have been
in years. ..a.. 4
In addition to the good one may do
in destroying the winter resorts OF
the boil weevil, one could add great:
lily to the fertility of ones soil by
putting litter from woods on the soil
Millions of dollars worth Of fertiliz.
ing and humus-making stuff is vast.
ed every year in the South by fail
ure to use pine needles, leaves and
other masses of vegetable matter left
in woods and places to rot. It should
be made to rot in the fields, where
clean cultivation has robbed the sol
of an element that is essential to fer.
tility. 80 l.5zs ~ !,
A cleanup campaign is needed on
the farms before winter comes; on
It will show its value in next year..
CROP Greenwood Index-Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-10-10
WAR ON THE BOIL WEEVIL

Mr.. Ira Williams, boil weevil expert
of the Georgia State Department of
Entomology, has recently made some
interesting statements on the boil
weevil situation which need to be pro-
mulgated widely. His opinion that we
will see a much larger cotton crop
next year is merely an opinion, and
while we believe, too, that next years
crop will be larger, it is only belief
in either case.
AS matter of fact, however, his
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-10-10
SWEET POTATO NEWS
How to =. Avoid Storage Rot' Thi,
p, IL. Winter. - =.

=. ..' e. r.,-, WINTER -. 81 .-.
Columbia, Oct. s.-If the mana
gers of the sweet potato curing
house in South Carolina will heed
the advice given by the South Caro-
E.la Development Board to disinfect
THE storage houses before filling
them. with the new crop, the losses
from the socalled storage rots will
be greatly reduced if not entirely
eliminated. w., ..f" .:.l
From present indications the
sweet potato crop in South Carolina
that will be cured this year will be
comparatively small one, and this
calls for saving every potato which
will grade No. 1 and 2. Our Porto
REQ sweets are favorites in South
ern markets, and in cities in the
North where they have been tried.
In the event of high prices storage
rots, for disinfection means insur-
ance, will reap a rich reward. ..
The United States Department Of
Agriculture in farmers bulletin No.
1859 gives the following directions:
In the fall, just before the sweet
potatoes are put in storage, the
storage house or cellar should be dis
infected thoroughly, in order to get
rid of the numerous storage-rot
germs left there from the previous
crop. Any one of several efficacious
methods may be employed. The house
may be sprayed with solution made
ty dissolving one pound of copper
sulphate in rs gallons of water or
with a solution of formaldehyde
made by mixing one pint of formalin
(40 per cent? in 80 gallons Of water.
In about "a hours the house should
be sprayed a second time. Similar
results may be obtained by white
washing the storage house or cellar,
or, better yet, by making up a bar
rel of winter-strength lime-sulphur
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-10-10
TO FIGHT THE BOIL WEEvIL

=. :; The agricultural extension service
which operates in this State under the
direction of Clemson College has one
of the greatest opportunities in its
history in the fight which must now
be made in South Carolina against
the boil weevil. Reports of the meet
ing of the extension service agents
: at Clemson College last week would
indicate that the service is alive to
the obligations which this SITUATION
imposes upon it and that its members
can be counted upon to take the lead
in the campaign to keep the bell wee