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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
oaptain Wood in HawaIl

The interview which The Age Herald published on Monday with MT. William J. Dangaix was most in- teresting one," said Maj. W. s. Pritch- ard. "The Japanese question is looming up in importance.
 "Of course, all good Americans hope they will so moderate their ambitions there will be no occasion for any con flict between the nations, but it is quite impossible for the United States to sit quietly by and see Japan absorb the 4OO,0oo.OO0 Chinese.
 Tn this connection it is matter of interest to us all to know that this question is one of the questions in our territory of Hawaii. The Japanese have about three quarters of the pop ulation there. The United States has about 10000 troops.
 ''Our fellow townsman, Capt. Sterling A. Wood, Jr, United States army, of the Thirty-ffth infantry. has recent ly been appointed acting assistant chief of staff for military intelligence, under General Kuhn. In this place all the matters concerning this question are studied and passed upon by Captain Wood at first hand" ss,,e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
SPIRITUAL HELP NEEDED

SPIRITUAL HELP Nb6D1D How did you like that last selecf tion?" asked the jazz composer. rI am-er-afraid I didn't like it" said the Rev. Dr. Fourthly.
 Why. I put my soul into that piece" My good man. do you want me to pray for your soul?"
 WOULDN'T IMPROVE HIS HEALTH How would you feel about lending me $1o this morning?" asked the inn provident citizen.
 Positively rotten" said Mir. trump son. and for some reason or other the improvident citizen sought the loan elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
A MENACE TO PEACE IN GENERAL Fror, The Rirmingham Post

A MENACE TO PEACE IN GENERAL. From The Birmingham Post
 Many labor men have privately ex- pressed themselves as deploring the recent utterances of Van A. Bittner. I. Is apparent that the unions of Bir- mingham are not in accord with him, which was to be expected, for they have always stood for the law and fair dealing. But there should be some formal public word of disap- proval. @te
 Bittner's remarks. and the scattered violence which has followed them in the coal fields, have done ae tremen- deus injury to unionism. It is becom- ing more and more apparent that Bitt- ner placed a powerful weapon in the hands of anti-unionists. The latter will not hesitate to use itin general attack on collective bargaining.
 Bittner. by urging violence and dis regard of contract obligations. struck at the foundation of collective bar gaining. which is based on validity of contracts. sanctity of promises and observance of the law He should have been the last man to do so, for 1t was he who signed the Hanson agreement and personally pledged the miners to abide by arbitration. no matter what the outcome.
 His refnarks have not only endan- gered peace in the coal fields, but are being used and will be used to strain industrial harmony and collective bar gaming in general. He should be of ficially repudiated by union leaders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
School of Trades

"I have received several letters re- gently from prominent business men of the state asking for further details about the opening of the Alabama School of Trades and Industries" Said Senator Watt T. Brown of Ragland. You know we are planning to have the school ready to open this fall and are now engaged in raising $30,000 to match similar amount appropriated by the .tate of Alabama for the con struction Of the first buildings.
 'aThe citizens of Ragland donated 100 acres of land for the site and with the $60,o for the first buildings which will be available as soon as we finish raising the balance needed of the $30.- GOO we can open. for the state has ap propriated money for the maintenance.
 "As the citizens of Ragland have al- ready given more than $5,000 which is on hand in cash, we feel sure that when the people of the state realize the urgent need for vocational school in this state for white, we will get the balance of the needed $3o,0o0 which the state required in order to show interest on the part of the citizens"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

other season with a tremendous sur plus.
 Cotton will be that much more cer- tain of a good average financial yield in exact proportion as cotton growers become more adept in marketing dur ing the marketing season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
MAYBE sHE wAsNr

My dear" said Mir. Bihblez. ~Tm afraid you looked stern last night vhesA I came back from the party"
 Not at all not at ail.- saiA MrAs Bibbles, with the air of 8 lons-suffers ing woman. "T was merely trying nse to look astonished when you mistsoek the floor lamp for a guest and made at one of your politest bows" M !,
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
Must All Come Down

Thomas L. Long. formerly of Jas per. now in the lumber business in Jacksonville, Fla, is in Birmingham. lie predicts that all commodities must fall to the level of those of the farm before adjustment is complete, He said:
 "The farmer, east, west and south, was hit harder than anyone. All the raw materials went down the toboggan, while organized labor has barely been touched and many of the manufac- turing interests have been only slight ly pruned, but it is coming to all of them before the process is complete.
 T commend the southern farmer for his stout heart. I have just been over at my old home in Jasper and l find the Walker county farmers sturdily applying themselves to a new crop with the same old colurage."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
WHO'LL COLLECT TIT
the Macon Telegraph.

From the Macon Telegraph.
 Somebody is always ripping the silver lining loose and using it for door mat. Here comes The Birmingham Age-Herald suggesting tax on moon- shine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
Swat the Fly

q am indeed glad to see the city starting swat the fly campaign so early in the season." said Mrs Nora Goodson "If the people of Birming- ham will cooperate and make all eff forts to get rid of all the early flies I believe much sickness will be pre- vented. .5.- rs
 "As We all know these little pests are among the most dangerous when it comes to carrying diseases, and this is a crusade in which every housewife should take pride in joining"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
THAT WAS ENOUGH

THAT WAS ENOUGH "A wonderful woman"
 "who is?"
 Mrs. Clipping. MT. Clipping became attentive to his pretty stenographer. Did Mrs. Clipping protest? She did not. Did she make scene? Far otherwise" Well what did she dor" She merely let it be known that she had bought a little pistol and had taken up target practice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
TRAVEL NOTE

From the New York Herald.
 Colonel George Harvey. who started on September IS, 1910, from Trenton. N. J, for London. England. expects to arrive in the British metropolis within few weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
MYTH OF THE TEMPERATE AUTHOR From the Chicago News.

M mxTH OF HI E lAAfIErNAIE AOInOfl From the Chicago News.
 For years stories have been going round to the effect that . certain prom inent Chicago author was totally illit- crate. It seemed that this author. an excellent novelist, had never read any thing but the daily newspapers, and possibly one book Many claimed to know what this book was, but no two agreed as to its title.
 At any rate, there was general &C., ceptance of the report that this author read very little. that he wrote in kind of frenzy, with a pencil stub, resting his paper on his knees and dropping the sheets on the floor as they were filled with inspiration, for his wife to pick up. bunch together and mail to his pub fishing house, where it required re- write man. two expert proofreaders and a clairvoyant to interpret and prepare the manuscript for publication. The moral seemed to be that to real genius education was. if not harmful at least entirely unnecessary.
 Lately it has transpired that this par ticular author has always read widely, especially in fiction He uses a lap- board, keeps a dictionary beside him and prefers his fountain pen to the stub of a pencil. He numbers his pages, ties neat bundle and will not even trust his wife to attend to the mailing of his manuscripts.
 People who admired him for his sup- posed illiteracy are surprised and dts gusted. Once more the myth of the H. 1iterate author has been exploded IS | was exploded in the ease C. T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
DUSK

DUSK From the Westminster Gazette. The red sun dips. Long shadows grow To one rich gloom, as homewards 20 The scuttling hares; whose white tails
 gash The dark green banks whereby they
 flash. Old neighbor horse lends his roug h
 tongue And licks dozing mare. Nigh sung Is the last lullaby of birds And dreamy song of nonsense w ords. And sleepily I seek my home. Who ask from days distemper somo Dear refuge at the usk of night. Still haven from harsh seas of light Tired senses all to sleep are curled. rheir doors fast shut upon the world: And friendly stars like tapers shine With guardian light on me and mins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
MAY KNOW A aMOoNsHINER-
rom the Heber Springs Headlixht.

From the Heber Springs Headlight.
 c. A. Stark is out of town on busi- ness. We think he W mt to the noun tains. but we are nos prepared to say what for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION

POSSIBLE EXPLANATION why is it that there are no plots to speak of in musical comedies?"
 T suppose that's because musical comedies originated in the wet era" "YesT
 After imbibing a few cocktails the of entertainment profitable would not have been able to follow plot if show and happened to have one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
THE PROSPEROUS MENDIcANr

pity the beggar without any legs. And the mendicant minus an arm, And many another who dolefully begs, But I view their incomes with alarm. And l cannot but wonder when they
 disappear
 For while from their favorite stand, If they haven't resorted to a region of
 cheer
 Where the climate is perfectly grand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Time of Need

Crews in the service of the Bir- mingham Automobile club answered 4s calls from distressed club members during Sunday said Hugh Reeves.
 Every crew was busy during the entire day. Three men who had for merly refused to come into the club got stuck and in dismay telephoned to the club to send out a wrecker with membership card and a blank check on a local bank.
 They were duly taken into the club and given the service that they needed so much. While this is not the prac- tice of the organization the cases were so needy that I decided to stretch the point and take them in."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
Homicide and Jail in
 Path of Wandering Cur

A N Etowah county farmer, who A kept a herd of goats, lost num- Der of them one night recently through the ravages of night-prowling dogs. He went into his field the fol- lowing morning to investigate and there met neighbor whom he ques- tioned about the dogs. A quarrel followed and one man killed the other.
 This homicide grew out of the dep relations of worthless dogs that were wandering at night contrary to the law of Alabama. The harm began when they killed number of valua- ble animals. The climax was a. duel between two white men with one now dead and the other in the county jail charged with murder.
 This is not the only homicide brought about by disputes arising out of the damage done by worthless dogs. The record of the footloose canine is that of destruction wherever he is allowed to roam. He has reduced what was a farm asset to smaller proportions than it was 50 years ago while every other industry has grown and prospered.
 The dog law should be enforced in city and in country until there is no such thing as a wandering cur. Neighborhood sentiment should de- mand protection against this unmiti- gated pest and menace.
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 There are still 27s.ooo people in Alabama who cannot read and write. A large percentage of these illiterates, however. know something about the process of making -moonshine"
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 The King of Sweden was shocked by a nude dancer in Paris. Old King Leopold of Belgium was one of the greatest royal shock absorbers who ever lived.
 Fed on peanuts, the Alabama hog reaches his apotheosis on the break fast table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
What Role Will America
 Play in Europe's Affairs !?


 Play in Europe's Affairs? TIT is evident that the Harding ad- ll ministration will give neither sympathy nor support to Germany in her attempt to evade the full respon- sibility for the World war. Any hope of this kind cherished by German statesmen must already appear futile. In other respects our foreign policy is still in the formative stage.
 Whether the American government plays an independent role in Europe, or reaches an agreement to cooperate with the allied governments, the weight of its influence and authority will assuredly be given to our former associates in the war.
 The situation in Europe has changed radically since the Versailles treaty was signed. Some of the most ardent advocates of the League of Nations are growing lukewarm. Had America joined the league there would have been a different story to tell. We abandoned the leadership, physical as we'll as moral, which we gained and the result has been disintegration. It was only natural-it was inevi- table-that when the European pow CTS saw America holding back they began to think of their own safety. The selfishness and greed which marred the peace conference, and have been more conspicuous since, might have been checked by America, but we left the European nations to their own devices.
 There will always be the disheart- eing reflection that America missed an opportunity that she may never have again to serve humanity as the champion of peace and justice in in ternational affairs. Our moral SUD- port will, of course, be great, but that brings up the old question of how far moral support will go when force is needed?
 Conditions, Not Manipulation,
 Most Affect Cotton Market ~ COMMENTING on the effort of W the government, through the war finance corporation, to help the southern cotton producer find mar ket for his product, the New York Commercial says:
 The south now fully understands
 that the difficulties which have
 overtaken her are not due to any
 trumped-up conspiracy on the part
 of any group of individuals or
 special interests. but are world
 wide in their scope and have re-
 suited from the inability of Europe
 to buy our surplus raw material
 The south at large has not credited the status of cotton to the msnipu- lation of special interests. It has seen cotton rise and fall with other values. If cotton has been hit harder than some other products, imperfect holding and marketing methods have been freely admitted as contributing causes.
 The south has raised no more hue and cry about cotton than the west has raised about wheat. It has borne the slump in price with quite as much courage as could have been reason ably expected. The southern farmers are going ahead with their blowing and planting this spring with accus- toned energy, but with considerably keener eye toward economic produc- tion.
 Too much stress has been laid upon holding cotton. That is not panacea. Too much of it will do as much harm as too little. We are coming to an-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
STRATEGY

"A beautiful lady lawyer to defend beautiful client What chance have we to win this case?"
 Cant we get a few homely ladies on the jury?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
A MORNING PRAYER

In the strength of my youth, dear Lord, may I not forget the weakness of old age, and the yearning for af- lection on the part of those who have naught but love to give. Amen.-M. $. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
THE MYSTERY OF JIM

over instinct in the highest form of human life. The courage of the Cru- saders, he adds, was astonishing to the Moslems; they could not understand it But Jim isn't the descendant of Crusa- ders. His forefathers came from the region of the Congo.
 One English philosopher wrote ot heroism that it could have but two sources. One was religion; the other was the sacrifice of one kind of self- love to another. As Jim left the scene without giving his name or waiting te be thanked or photographed common vanity cannot be credited with inspir- ing his act That leaves tho field to re. ligion.
 4 minute investigation of the case of Jim might lead to tho discovery that he is not consciously religious, although many of his race are deeply so. But the fact is that most Americans are pretty well saturated with religion. If Jim could not quote from John xx, 1ss Greater love hath no man than this. that . man lay down his life for his friends" at least he had the idea. Ana Jim went beyond the text. The man for whom he was willing to lay down his life was not even an acquaintance.
 But the puzzle with which we started remains. If the biologist thinks thak the germ of self-sacrifice has crept into those once strictly selfish cells when did it enter and through what influ-l cnce? Why, in tho eyes of purc scisnce. does one human creature rush to save, the life of another who Is nothing tel him?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

Hawthorne. Robert Burns and othernI too numerous to mention. Feu sdu-, cated people, those who have worked hard for knowledge. like to believe that there is a royal road for genius. But an authentic case is probably yet to bs found. John BAnyan may come as near as any. but Bunyan knew his Bible, and the Bible is library in itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
"DEvELoPINGr CANNIBAL LAND

From "Charting the South Seas" in
 Asia Magazine for April.
 The South Seas are becoming impor- tant commercially. The islands where Captain Cook was killed now does a thriving business in tourists and pine- apple. The Fiji Islanders have turned Methodist and, discarding war as a profession, have taken to producing copra- Everywhere among the island groups western planters have planted cocoanut groves in which island peo- pies are learning the meaning of daily labor; for copra. or the dried meat of the cocoanut is greatly desired in the west for making soaps and butter sub stitutes and the many other things for which vegetable oils are needed. Sharks fins and sea-slug called beche-de-mer are important articles of trade for the Chinese market. Mother of-pearl vanilla. rubber-tropical prod ucts of many sort-are being demanded each year in increasing quantities. And great nations are finding in the mar kets of the islands field for rivalry in the sale of manufactured goods. Sewing machiDes chatter in palm-leaf huts. European cotton prints and laces have superseded the native tapa-cloth, and European perfumes and cosmetics are taking the place of the fragrant hibiscus and cocoanut oil. The islands are being developed. They are all owned or protected by some one of the great powers. Great Britain, France, Japan. and the United States are their foster-parents- Under the guidance of these powers, schools and roads are be- ing built. industry is being taught and encouraged. and native gendarmieries supervised by foreign officials are be- ing established to keep law and order. Another last frontier of adventure and romance Is slowly being battered down. But it has not yet given way entirely Here and there cannibals still dance obscenely and terribly about the im- paled heads of their victims. Here and there remote Polynesian gods and god desses. unspoiled by civilization, still live close to the fruitful earth. Out of the South Seas still come. now and then strange true stories of adventure, pas sion, crime, in which white men play the leading roles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

professor in the Aberdeen uni versity says lizards may rule the earth 100000 years from now. which isfa matter of no imm mediate impor- tance.
 Shooting miners in the back be- cause they work to support their fam files will hasten the departure of the United Mine Workers from Alabama Obreson says Mexico Is following the rules of civilized nations, which may be regarded as novel departure from precedent in Mexico.
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 Young Leeds is engaged to a IT, year-old Greek princess who may or may not have succumbed to the lure of American dollars
 There Is certain amount of signifi- canoe in the announcement that our champagne imports increased 5000 per cent in one year.
 Relying on the Washington corre- spondents. we venture to assert that Rene viviani is a neat, but not a snappy dresser.
 
 It is reported that the lid will be taken off the stillman case. Will our olfactory nerves stand it?
 x * SC By this time MT. Harding has prob ably clasped the hands of at least 1000 original Harding men.
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 If Charles is suffering from "diplo- matte illness,H the allies may be able to doctor that complaint.
 * F x The late Al G. Field was one of the few minstrel men who struck pay dirt in burnt cork.
 It required no seismograph to regis ter the presence of Hon. Babe" Ruth in Birmingham.
 The Ford factory is turning out flivvers at rate that threatens traf- fife congestion on rural highways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
STILL VOTING GUNS

STILL VOTING GUNS From the Nashville Banner
 Talk of disarmament has had no, ef- feet on the screen career of Bill Hart Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Nor of Uncle Sam, or John Bull or Johnny Crepaud. for that matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

M .s .'s @.ss.: sss :'sss:', s.$sss.s ]; .' .s. s stints without which he could not have come through the age-old battle with his natural enemies. And the first of these instincts is self-preserva- ton. Primitively this is expressed in flight, with the coordinate emotion of fear.
 Jim is one of these cellular machines. While in a hall on the fifth floor of a building he smelled smoke. He opened door and found a man whose clothing was in flames and who plunged head long through a window toward the street. Jim grabbed the mans feet pulled him back beat out the flames. Then, as the room was ablaze, he helped the burned man out of the window and dragged him along two-inch ledge to the window of room in which there showed the man in to safety.
 Now, where, says the cheering citi- zen in the street to the biologist. do you get that self-preservation stuff? What put into Jim's cells a motivation that is not in the oyster or the ape? What is there in Jim's chemistry that made him go for walk along a two- inch window ledge for the benefit of a perfect stranger?
 The biologist is rather dumb at this. but the psychologist replies that this phenomenon of courage is the result of generations of the triumph of reason
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

: INEVITABLE EXPERIMENTATION From Punch
 Yankee-Gee! Thisc couldn't happen :n my country.
 Scot-An' whit country may that bef
 Yankee-Why Gods own country. I guess.
 scot-Mon. we've got an awful puir Scoatch accent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

The King of Sweden was shocked by nude dancer in Paris. Old King Leopold of Belgium was one of the greatest royal shock absorbers who ever lived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

Fed on peanuts, the Alabama hog reaches his apotheosis on the break fast table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

There are still 27s.ooO people in Alabama who cannot read and write. A large percentage of these illiterates, however. know something about the process of making -moonshine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
Conditions, Not Manipulation,
 Most Affect Cotton Market

~ COMMENTING on the effort of W the government, through the war finance corporation, to help the southern cotton producer find mar ket for his product, the New York oI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

Now I do play the touch. To try if thou do be current gold inc deed. -Richard III.
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