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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-30

armament. Prudent or daring, as the
 course may prove to be, they are in
 earnest and are willing to assume the consequences.
 The Literary Digest, within recent
 weeks, published a digest of the ex-
 pressed sentiment nefa by religious
 bodies of this country. as towards
 war. Protestant and Catholic, Gen tile and Jew, as their main purpose and function In human society, fight evil. Truth, through knowledge and experience, is stripping war of the attractive garments with which tra- clothed her and is revealing the
 naked evil. Inevitably, logically, these religious bodies must take their stand against this great evii' as the Digest would seem to infer' In this field as in politics the wom . ] en may be expected to exert their in- 1 fluence against war and for those who look forward to this next great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-30
Local Delegation
 to Dokey Ceremonial

A large delegation of local Do keys will leave Monday morning at 9 o'clock for Anniston to participate in the big ceremonial and banquet to be held there Monday afternoon and night
 The class which is styled the "Gadsden- Anniston class" will num- Der oyer 75, and includes some Of the best-known Pythians in those sections.
 The banquet w.ll precede the cere- monial session. John A. Fisher, roysl vitzeer of the local temple, urges all members to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-30
REALTORS TO INSPECT
 THE NEW POST OFFICE

Birmnghams new post office building will be sne topic of discus sion at the luncheon of the Real Es- tate Board to be held at the Tutwiler hotel at 1 o'clock. The principal ad- dress will be delivered by R. B. Smv- CT postmaster. who will explain the construction of the building from his poinr of view
 James Bailey, who negotiated the deal selling the present site to the government, will tell of the transac- tor. Following the luncheon, the members of the board will go upon a tcur of inspection of the building, conducted by the building officials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-30
COMMISSION HOPES ID REALIZE AVENUE BEFORE TERM ENDS
Building Traffic Artery Con- meeting Industrial Sections. Several Stretches Are
 Already Paved

Completion of great traffic ar tery through the central portion of Birmingham, connecting the indus trial sections which gird the city on the east, west and north, will probably be realized before the close of the present city commissions administration. This assertion is based on plans of H. P. Burruss, commissioner of public improve ments.
 Paving ordinances have already been confirmed and part of the work already completed. Eleventh avenue. north, has, been paved from Fifteenth street to Twenty sixth street. Elev- enth Court. north, has been paved from Fifteenth street to Thirteenth street. Eleventh avenue. north, is now being paved from Fourth street to Thirteenth street. This work will be completed in the next few weeks.
 Shaping Plans
 Plans now being whipped into shape by Julian Kendrick, city engi- ncer. and Commi ssioner Burruss, cover the last big paving project which is included in MT. Burruss programme. Other projects of neces- sity will be worked out as citizens request paving work.
 Tenth avenue, north, from about Twenty eighth street to Forty eighth street, will be the next work of the city. This paving will cost more than $200,000. it is estimated. and will serve to link the industrial plants of East Birmingham with the central portion of the city. It will also afford them an outlet to North Birmingham n and to the industrial works of Fairfield, Ensley and Pratt City.
 No County Help
 Due, to county inability to furnish funds for their share of the work, thc9 highway from Fourth street through East Thomas and into Pratt City, which passes over Enon Ridge, will probably be delayed for some time Eighth avenue, north, IS the logical route to serve both Ensley and Pratt City 1t is felt, and the city engineer is now working out plans for construction of a paved highway starting from the end of the present paving, at Walker street, and leading into Ensley past Birmingham South : ern college, through Graymont and Owenton
 Paving of five blocks on Fifth avenue, south, a project held up from war-times, is the other task set by Mir Burruss to be completed be1ore late fall.
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by the state tax commission. As q result of the litigation between the commission and the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company over the right of the commission to examine the books of the company to deter mine the 1920 taxes due the state and county by these corporations, the taxes for 1920 remain unpaid.
 Clerks in the office of the board of revenue yesterday were preparing the vouchers to be paid employees in lieu of cash. M. V. Henry, county treasurer notified the board of reven- ue sometime ago that he would be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-30

unable to pay the vouchers unless the corporations paid up before July l.
 While members of the board of revenue have practically abandoned all hope of being able to pay em- ployes in cash they stated yesterday that the vouchers would not be given out until tomorrow while it has been the custom to pay them on the last day of each month This was done In hope that the corporations and the state tax commission would reach some agreement whereby the corpo- rations could pay the taxes based on the 1919 assessment and continue the
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Jefferson county employees will re- June in vouchert, instead of cash July of revenue, as there is no money in the county treasury with which to meet the pay roll of approximately S5o,00O
 This situation was brought about by the tax assessments of 40 corpo- rations in this district being set aside
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litigation on the proposed increases through the courts. This 1t Is point ed out is the only means whereby the situation can be remedied.
 In speaking of the situation yes terday D. c. Ball, chairman of the board said: We regret that the sit uation has arisen but we are abso- lutely helpless in the matter and can only wait and hope that some agree ment can be reached that will enable the corporations to pay the taxes. We have deferred paying the employees one day hoping that something would be done to relieve the condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-30

its first acts after becoming Bir- mingham concern was to take out the bureau membership. The same step was taken by Anderson, Clayton X Co., Birmingham's new cotton buying and exporting firm.
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stride in human relations. the women of the land hold out high promise. THOMAS D. PARKE.
 Birmingham, June 29, 1921.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-29
FORT woRTH-DALLAs, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1921

the infantry, from which, however, he
was detached by order Of the War De-
partment and promoted to chaplain
lille already on the way to France.
,~s1,. this a case Of lack Of harmony
.sSs.7 rabbi and congregation, for
short|s. before Rabbi Richmond's res
ignation his congregation extended
him a unanimous vote Of confidence.
Finally, it cannot be maintained that
this is an exceptional case, for we fire.
quently hear nowadays Of rabbis
giving up their calling, although
Rabbi Richmond is the first, so far as
we are aware to advance the futility
Of the ministry as his reason for re-
signing it. How then shall we ac-
count for It?
In our opinion it is due to the gross
materialism Of the age. God is no
longer enshrined in our hearts; we no
longer think Of His Law morning,
noon and night; our life is no longer
actuated by a high ethical purpose.
Gain and pleasure are orr sole aims.
We have effected q complete separa-
ton Of religion and every day life,
which is quite a different thing from
a separation Of Church and State.
We have shut religion up in the tenn
pie and shut II out Of our hearts and
homes and shops. We still 20 to the
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-29
Is the Rabbits Calling F ;le!

fore | say unto you: 1t is NJ. kxo
leave you. It is you who leave me. ~
Here is food for serious thought.
For this is not a case Of a young
idealist grown despondent because his
first efforts to reform mankind did not
meet with instant success. Rabbi
Richmond is made Of sterner stuff
than that He was already seventeen
when he came to this country from
Russia. This is quite an advanced
age for a man to begin, his schooling,
yet it did not deter him from entering
school and making his way through
the University Of Cincinnati and the
Union Hebrew College, in both Of
which he established record for
brilliant scholarship. How much per-
severance this requires they know
who have gone through similar ex-
perience, and those who have not may
find out by reading, say, Mary Antin's
Promised Land" And as for couc
age, he gave q rare example Of it
when, following Americas entrance
into the war, he waived his claim to
exemption from military service by
virtue Of being minister and Joined
the army as an ordinary private in
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-29
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synagogue from sheer force Of habit,
or because it offers relaxation TO the
t. b. m, but we are too worldly wise
to heed the admonitions given rs
there. We respect our rabbi but not
his teachings. We say to him in ef-
feet: Be good for US, for we cannot
afford to be good ourselves.
Into such an atmosphere Of cold in
difference comes the young rabbi,
filled with youthful ardor and fired by
his own exalted notion Of his mission
in life. The effect upon him Is chill
ing, deadly. For the minister is in
tensely social-his mission would be
unthinkable without social life-and
he Graves for sympathy, for apprecia-
ton Of his efforts by others. When,
therefore, he discovers, as he soon
does, that he is regarded as q mere
spiritual figurehead, that men pay
him only lip service, that he is living
in a kind Of Dolls House, that he is
speaking in a vacuum, is it any won
der that he finally loses heart and de-
cides to give up a ministry that to
him appears wholly futile?
Whether this is the true explana-
ton Of the present and other cases,
we do not know. But there can be no
doubt that the resignation Of Rabbi
Richmond constitutes a challenge to
every serious-minded Jew in America.
The American Hebrew.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-29
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF B'NAI
BIRTH.

The Independent Order Of B'nai
Birth has secured the services Of
Captain Elkan c. Voorsanger TO take
charge Of its recently organized War
Orphans Bureau. Captain voorsan-
ger will also manage the Orders Ma
tional Lyceum Bureau, which win
supply lecturers TO lodges and jew
ish organizations generally, and, in
cooperation with the Anti-Defama-
ton League, will establish courses Of
lectures on Jewish subjects in schools
and colleges. He will also cooperate
with Mr.. Sidney c. Kusworm, the
Director Of Americanization, in ex-
tending the scope Of the Americaniza-
tion department,
Captain voorsanger, who Is q grad
uate Of the Hebrew Union College.
and who, prior to the war, occupied
pulpits in Grand Rapids and st. Louis,
has had a most varied and interesting
career. During the war he was chap
lain for New York's famous fighting
division-the 77th. After the armis-
tee. as Director Of the Jewish Well
fare Board work in France, he estab-
lished most Of the ]. w. B. branches
overseas. Subsequently he organized
the overseas units Of the Joint Distri-
button Committee and was Director Of
Personnel for the J. d. c. In Europe.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-29
YES, SAYS YOUNG RABBI, WHO
GIVES UP MINISTRY.
(By Mordecai Jacobs.)

Is the rabbinate failure? Is the
modern preacher Of Israers Law a
voice that calleth in the desert? Has
the rabbi become piece of orna-
mental tapestry, soother Of jaded
nerves, a beautiful but Intellectual
angel beating in vain his luminous
wings in the void?' Is the ministry
Of God futile?
Yes, says Rabbi Harry R. Rich
mond, the brilliant young preacher Of
Paterson, N. j., who, after filing sue
cessfully the post of rabbi Of the Bar
merit Memorial Temple of that city for
more than a year and a half, has just
given up the calling to which he had
sonsecrated his life.
T have come to this bitter de-
cision," he writes in his letter Of res
ignation, "because Of the growing
realization upon me Of the futility Of
the ministry in the life Of today. :.
want to be spared the high privilege
Of being Gods deacon, Of reforming
the world. It can't be doae!"
In the course of his farewell ser
mon, delivered Friday evening, July /,
he amplifed this point as follows:
"The people Of Israel came unto the
prophet Samuel and asked him to ap-
point a king and master over them.
Samuel, bewildered by their petition,
withheld their request, saying unto
them: Know ye not that the Lord
God is your ruler, your king, your
master; why seek ye then a,man of
flesh to lord over your But the voice
Of the Lord came unto Samuel say.
ing: Samuel, Samuel! withhold not
the request Of the people. Give them
king Of flesh and blood, for in ask
ing for king Of their own they have
not forsaken thee but me as their God
and King Similarly l say unto you
tonight: have not forsaken Israel,
but Israel has forsaken me. For the
effectiveness Of spiritual leadership in
America may we'll be expressed as
zero.
1T is not long since l spoke from
this platform on the theme Of The
Jews Of Paterson There were some
in our midst who agreed and soma
who disagreed with me. One man In
particular seemed to agree with me
He congratulated me on my humbl,
efforts, adding that his only fear wa,
that my remarks about the Jews o.
Paterson might find an echo in tn,
local press. Yet the very same maj
said to another before he had yet lef
this house of God: 4 would have pre-
ferred TO be In the club tonight an,
hold four aces in my hand TheS
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-07-29

Mr. Resnck is touring the state in the interest of the
Yddshe Wochenblatt, which will appear about Sep
tember ls He will visit Waco Austin San Antonio, FL
Paso Houston, Galveston and Beaumont.
Mr. Resnick is of the organizers Of the Yddshe jour
nal and before its organization for the past years.
Hebrew teacher of Shareth Israel Congregation, Dallas
Texas, and the Hebrew Institute, Fort Worth.
He is considered by authorities to be Of the best He
brew teachers in the United States.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-23
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE. OTHOMAS

say two or three families, take SIM
pie lunches and meet for an after
noon, or moonlight evening and
enjoy themselves with no strain on
anybody. I spent a summer in north
ern Indiana and among the many
pleasant memories of that time, none
rise oftener than the days that we
gathered in little park with friends
of my hostess and ate supper to-
gether. There was no trying to show
off the skill nor the variety of the
ones taking baskets, we went to be
together and eating was a secondary
was good and daintily served.
I think that about once in summer
and again in the autumn there
SHOULD be a big picnic, it is not good
to be clannish, and it is good for
all of us to mingle occasionally with
everybody in the community so as
to remember what a nice crowd we
can get together in that way. Every
community should pull together, and
to do that there must be picniCs and
singing and various affairs that calls
for cooperation of social interests,
as we'll as cooperation in business.
If you have not had your big picnic
yet, get busy and have it. Cali work
and no play" makes Jill, as we'll as
Jack, very dull. Nobody knows any
better than 1 do what it means to
the busy woman, but we store up
memories as the bees do honey, and
we need them.
The Sunday school picnic is a
good mixer, but it should not be the
only one that you take an interest
in. Get busy, have a big picnic, and
then tell me about 1t.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-23
Jacksonville Plans
Great Celebration
For Bridge Opening

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 21.-
Six negroes are candidates for Of
flee in the general municipal election
being held Tuesday, which is respon-
sible for the utmost endeavors by
local white Democratic electors. 1t
is stated that the negroes predomi-
nate in several wards in the city.
The name Of one of the candidates
was put on the ticket on order hand
ed down by Judge Simmons in
mandamus proceedings following the
refusal of the city commission to
admit the name of the applicant.
Harry Whittier is training one
thousand singers for the chorus in
connection with plans for the cele-
bration of the opening of the st.
Johns river bridge, to be held June
80. Elaborate plans for the big
event continue to unfold, and it is
filled to it's capacity for the formal
opening. People from throughout
Florida are to be in attendance, while
many from Georgia are also eX-
pected. The parades and pageants
included in the ceremonies will be
among the most brilliant ever staged
in Jacksonville, as the bridge is the
realization of long-cherished dream
of citizens on both sides of the river.
Deputy Sheriff George D. Carter,
Of Micanopy, is here on the trail of
Jim Boyer, who Saturday night is
alleged to have shot and seriously
wounded Deputy Sheriff Robert Ar
now who attempted his arrest. The
negro previously shot another negro,
and was headed for Jacksonville aft
ed wounding Deputy Arrow, who
was reported in a dying condition.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-23
VALUE Of COVVPEAS
SHOWN BY TESTS
BY E, II. JETER

About this time of the year, farm
ers of the southeast are planning
to 'lay-by' the corn crop for this
year, and Director J. NJ Harper, of
the southern soil Improvement com
mittee, points out that now is the
time to SOW cowpeas in the corn
at this last cultivation. This prac-
tice has proved profitable at sew
eral of the college experiment sta
tions and on thousands of individual
farms all over the southeast. In
some sections, soybeans may also
be used to advantage.
According to Director Harper, an
interesting experiment with coWpeas
has been in progress at the Alabama
experiment station for the past 20
years, which proves conclusively the
value of Sowing coWpeaS in corn at
the last cultivation. Two identical
plots of land side by side have been
given the same amount of fertilizer,
prepared, cultivated and otherwise
treated exactly. alike with the eX-
ception of cowpeas at the rate Of
one bushel per acre have been sown
annually on one plot. Last year,
1920, the plot on which the coWpeas
were SoWn produced 50 per cent
more corn than the one which had
received no coWpeaS.
Director Harper believes that not
only do the cOWpeaS produce Valu-
able seed which may be sold to adj
vantage; but also that the stalks,
stems, leaves and other crop residue
may be plowed into the soil, adding
humus and organic matter, which
aids the soil in controlling it's mois-
of humus enables the farmer to
use more fertilizer to advantage, thus
giving larger crop yields per acre
at lower cost of production.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-23
Age651CUrTU1RAAAL41I
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$1,000 AND SUCCESSFUL FARMING liz
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ance of the beetles. This app1ica-
ton also acts as a stimulant to the
plants. Air-slaked lime may be
busted on the young plants. This
should be done when. the leaves are
moist with dew, and the treatment
should be repeated as often as the
dust is washed off
Arsenate of lead applied at the
rate say of or 3 pounds to bar
rel of water affords a good spray.
All diseased vines should be gath
cred up and burned. All other vines
should be gathered and destroyed as
soon as the crop is off the ground.
Keep the ground free of refuse and
trash, as the beetles hibernate under
material of this kind.
Spraying for the Control of Brown
Rot
c. NJ. G.. .Spartanburg,, S; c.,
writes: viii you please tell me
they begin to shrivel up and
fan off,? What causes them to
do this?
There is little you can do to pre-
vent your fruit from shriveling up
and falling off at this season of the
year. We presume that the strou-
BILE about which you write is due
to what is known as brown rot,
disease that proves very destructive
of this character are best prevented
by keeping the orchard in a thor
oughlX sanitary condition. To this
end, one who expects to raise
peaches successfully should spray
the trees with a lime sulphur solu-
ton diluted to test AS degrees
Baume. This application should be
made in the spring before growth
begins. If the trees are badly. in
Tested with scale make two applica-
tions, one in December and one in
the spring, AS soon as the shucks
fall away, which is about zen days
after the petals drop, use self-boiled
lime sulphur of the strength of
$3.50. To each SO gallons of this
mixture add 1 pound of arsenate of
lead powder. This is an important
spray to prevent ,worrmy fruit. About
two or three weeks later you should
repeat the same spray. Four weeks
before the fruit is due to ripen spray
with self-boiled lime sulphur alone.
This is an important spray to apply
to prevent rot in shipment as well
as on the trees. Arsenate of lead
should never be used in this appD-
cation.