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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19

without remuneration as gift to the cause, is requested to notify Jay Smith, vice chairman, phone Main 953. Anyone who has an automobile or tSuck which could be loaned the committee, either occasionally or all the time, is requested to notlfy Claud Estes, phone Main 955.
 We are still engaged in working out the details of the plans for han ding the distribution of the emer. gency supplies. in trying to locat some work for as many of the un- employed as possible and in having reports and investg gations made so as to be in position to render the most intelligent service. Many os the unemployed now in the district came here during the industrial boom during and following the war, and are anxious to get back to their for- mer homes and occupations in the agricultural sections. Where this IS true we are attempting to arrange positions for them where they came from and will send them back to their former homes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
CAPTAIN HALL DIES
By Associated Press

Washington, June 1s.-Capt. Jo- seph E. Hall of New Haven. Conn. died at the Walter Reid hospital to- day of injuries received at the air plane bomb explosion at Aberdeen, Md, proving grounds on May S1. He was attached to the Fourteenth Air squadron, and he was about to take off when the explosion occurred by the accidental dropping of bombs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
ITCHING BURNING . ON CH|LD'S SPACE
 Also Water Blisters. Could Not Rest AtNight. Cuticura Healed.

"My child started with an itching and burning on her face and she would cry and scratch and water blisters would come. The blisters would dry up and her face would turn sore. She could not rest at night and would fret in the daytime.
 T sent for free sample of Cuti- cura Soap and Ointment. It did so much good I bought two cakes of Soap and one box of Ointment, which healed her entirely" (Signcd) Mrs. Mary Lue Williams, R. F. D. C., Box g, Griffin, Ga, July 13, 1920.
 Cuticuua Soap daily and Cuticura Ointment occasionally prevent pim- ples or other eruptions. They are . pleasure to use, as is also Cuticura Talcum, fascinating fragrance for peafuming the skin.
 ganyss XssA Free by Mall Addrsss: ~outisura IAk. Reeerfas. pspA B, Aal6sa AS, HssA" Sold every whsre 6oap&e Ointment D and 6os Talcum 3Se ~ Cuticwa Soap shaves without mug.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19

year are: George Lewis Bailes, post commander; A. G. Coneley, vice com mander; Bob Chambers, adjutant; Mrs. William Ovens, assistant adju- tant; Mervin Sterne, finance officer; Mrs. William Sell, historian; Rev. Oscar DeWolf Randolph, chaplain. and Walter Brower counsel.
 Members of the executive commit tee appointed yesterday by Comman der Bailes are; Jim Abbott, Jr.; Ed Ball, W. E, Bare, Jack Bethea, C. Chamberlayne, R. B. Dwyer, Arthur Greenwood Thomas N. Graves, Felix Harris, Inzer Hood, H. E. Jordan, Peterson Marzoni, Matt Murphy, Joe Nelson, J. M. Roberts, H. w. Schaef- CT, Dr. Ross C.. Spier, Morton Simp- son, M. M. ullman and pr. O. C.. Wiley Headquarters will remain the same 705 Farley building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
CLUBHOUSE FOR
 LEGION PLANNED
New Commander of Local Post Outlines Activities
 for the Year

Aid for disabled soldiers and more attention to the work of rehabilita- tion will be the watchword of Bir- mingham post, American Legion, ac- cording to George Lewis Bailes, new ly elected post commander, during his term of office
 Complete organization of the le- zion in the Birmingham district will also be sought during the ensuing year, MT. Bailes declared in outlining his programme.
 Plans for an American Legion club house will be pushed during the year, with establishment of an ar mcry an incidental feature. The proposed armory would cost about $50,0e0. Organization of an Ameri- can Legion drum corps is being worked out, plans to be matured some time during the next few months.
 Officers for the post for the next worked all during the war at wages far lower than these figures ana since the company was under con- tract to pay these wage for another year, reduction in wages was impos- sible. While some costs of opera tion have declined. he stated that in creased taxes and licenses had con stunned much of the decrease and that the jitneys and business depression resulting in much fewer passengers with the same service had placed the receiver in a position where more revenue was imperative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
SETTLEMENT FAIR

Pney Woods settlement held a community fair meeting yesterday with more than hundred men and women present This, community is preparing to hold a big community fair early in September and to enter later into competition for the prizes for community exhibits at the state fair.
 H. L. Brown, county agent, was present and reports live interest in the coming event. Piney Woods. he says, is one of the livest farming communities in the county. ATTENTION, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
 The members of WoOdlayyn conn mandery, No. S1, are requested to attend the funeral of Knight Rev. J. ID. Simpson mt 1O,3O n. m. Monday June 20, nt the Woodlawn Methodist church. Come prepared to act as an escort with full uniform. except sword.
 J. A. COLLINS. Commander. J. A. MCCARTNEY, Recorder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19

The basement will be a big fea- ture because there we will carry popular priced merchandise that will appeal to the poor and rich alike. We expect to operate in the base ment restaurant and up-to- date soda fountain at reduced prices to accommodate the people. The res taurant will be sanitary in every re- spect. We will operate a barber shop for men and boys, beauty parlor for women and children, on the roof employees lunch room, nursery, emer- gency hospital, with free doctors and nurses, shower bath, schcool room, educational department and a good many other features will be worked out in future to make this com plete city within itself.
 We will have play room, play yard of the very latest type, and we ex- pect to maintain a wonderful roof garden on top of this mammoth store. We will have our own ice plant, wa ter cooling apparatus for the entire building, air cooling and also heat ing for the entire building. We ex- pect to operate also a complete mar
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-19
THE OPPOSITION TO GOOD ROADS in
VIRGINIA

THERE is a marked sentiment
to he found in the minds Of q
sizable percentage Of Richmond
men which is opposed to a move
ment fostering good roads.
Amazing as it may seem, most
of these men are the very ones to
whom good roads would be Of
greatest value. They are the men
who have paid State and city taxes,
in one form or another, for the
privilege Of driving their cars.
They are the men who have driven
these cars outside the boundaries
Of the city and have done SO to
their regret. They are the men
who have "cashed in,' in one way
or another, in behalf of the good
roads movement, and they are to-
day in q state Of ill-will to the
movement because past effort has
been futile.
The state Of mind in which these
gentlemen find themselves is read
lily understandable, but by virtue
of the fact that they have material
and patriotic interests at stake
they should feel it incumbent upon
themselves to pocket their dissatis-
faction and get squarely behind
any movement for better high
ways. No citizen of Virginia has
moral right to thwart the march
OF progress in his State.
Even though movements might
have been attempted a thousand
times looking to the betterment of
our highways, yet should every last
Virginian bend to the task in hand
for the thousand and first time
or the two thousand and first, If
need be, until the result is accom-
plished.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-19
VIRGINIA

This is not question of what is
best to do or Of what ought to be
done; this is a matter Of what
must be done. Virginia today
stands, in SO far as the literacy of
her population is concerned, far
down in the list of States. Virginia
today ranks probably as the first
State in the whole United States,
in so far as the glamour of histori-
cal association is concerned. Viz
ginia occupies, geographically, I,
position on the Atlantic seaboard
which makes her the logical Mecca
for the thousands of tourists up
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-19

and down the coast, and yet what
are the facts in relation to her
roads? Virginia is viewed as a
pestilence by every tourist. The
reputation Of Virginia highways is
a stencil in the nostrils Of automo-
bilists from Maine to Florida.
Can it be doubted that most Of
the conditions detrimental to the
welfare Of this Commonwealth are
attributable, in large measure, to
the negligence Of our people re-
specting their roads? And in what
does this negligence consist? The
one word Ignorance" sums up the
situation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-19

Petty politicians sQuabble over
the disbursement OF petty funds
in respect to county boundaries;
mud-wallows stirred up annually
for periods Of few weeks and over
distances of a few miles-all these
and many more defects must be
remedied.
Light must flow in where there
is now ignorance. The whole peo-
| pie Of Virginia, both urban and
rural, must learn the meaning of
modern highways.
The State must realize that bad
roads are hanging around it's neck
like the proverbial milestone
GOOD ROADS are the great issue
in Virginia today and every day
until they become an accomplished
fact.
Let Courage Go With Cnutiom-3y joseph H.
Defrees, President u. s. Chamber of
| Commerce.
There can be no question OF the basic sound
ness OF business affairs in the United States
In Trough OF Depression NOw---By James s
Alexander, President National Bank of
Commerce.
Business is approaching new basis of on
Grafton which. looked 1T with broad and far
sighted vision, will constitute a more sub
stantial foundation for the future prosperity
OF the country I'm the long run than has ex-
listed at any time since the outbreak of the
war in Europe
Produce More and Save Morc--By Charles NJ
Schwab Chairman Bethlehem Steel Corp
There is just one way to meet the situation
produce more and save more. We in this
country are blessed by Providence with an
abundance of many things.
History Is Repeating Itsclf-By Charles r.
Mitchell President the National City Co.
The character OF the war waste the early
effects of the peace and the economic actions
and reactions resulting find that counter
parts in all other war and after-war periods
in history.
Improvements VIII BE Suddenly Clark
Howell, Editor the Atlanta Constitution.
believe that we are over the worst and
that conditions will get steadily better from
now
AutoEotivc Industry Expects Early and Rapid
erty Motor Car Co.
world. 1t will he impossible to hold general
business back many more months
"Normalcy" in Ninety Days--By Jules S
Bnche, President j. S. Bachc Il Co.
4 From an examination OF the various indus
trial companies in which ! am interested my
opinion is that the situation is on the mend.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-19

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Raymond Massey
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Robert SnyIiie
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W. W. Workman
Address NIL COM
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Taylor. Secretary.
Box I'D.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
WILL ELEPHANTS co THE
WAY OF BUFFALOES?

VIII the African elephants soon have
to be protected, as are buffaloes in the
United States. lest they become ex-
tinct?
The peaceful progress of farming
is the menace which the elephant
faces. Already the South African Cape
council has decided to exterminate the
elephants because they despoil crops
and sometimes kill agricultural la
borers.
SiraHarry Johnston, famous African
authority, tells Of his experience with
African elephants In a communication
to the National Geographic society:
eff, after many years of trials, the
African elephant is pronounced to be
hopeless as q domestic animal (and
1t should be remembered that most
male African elephants In captivity
have shown themselves to be HOPELESS
ly savage), then at least for Its mag
nificeni ivory the creature Is worth
preserving as an asset to the state.
II the Indian elephant shows himself
to be more docile than the African
elephant, 1t must be remembered, on
the other hand, that he is Of very lit
tie value for his ivory.
Zone day baby elephant was pre-
sented to me by an Uganda chief. II
is a sad thing to relate, but three men
were killed In attempting to capture
the first elephant. had expressed
a wish one day for some elephants
to experiment with in domestication,
and the natives, with their usual de-
sire to please me, were so ardent In
their determination to crafty my wish
and so determined in their pursuit of
the young elephant that the mother
elephant knocked over and killed three
Of them. But fAallytthey succeeded
in their object, capturing the calf, and
to my great surprise II trotted into
camp behind one Of the men.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-24

OF wheat. cotton, wool and hardware,
and took away in exchange lemons,
oranges, almonds, wines, olive oil and
silks.
Homer did not accord definite hab-
ltation for his terrible sea-creatures,
Scylla and Charybdis, but mariners
familiar with the perils Of the rocks
on the Italian side of the straits and
with the strong eddies near the har-
Dor Of Messina, saw In the mythical
monsters an explanation Of such dam
gers. Scylla was supposed to be
horrible creature with six heads and
a dozen feet, who barked like dog.
She dwelt In lofty cave from which
she rushed whenever ship tried to
pass beneath, and she would snatch
the unlucky seamen from the rigging
or as they stood at the helm endeav-
oring to guide their vessels through
the perilous passage. Charybdis dwelt
under rock only bowshot away,
on the opposite shore. The second
creature sucked in and blew out sea-
water three times a day, and woe TO
the ship caught in the maelstrom Of
Its mouth!
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
SAW THINGS IN NEW LIGHT
His Determination to End
Life by Rope.

In certain prison there have been
several attempts to commit suicide.
This desire to die has given the war
dens much trouble and anxiety.
A few days ago II warden entered
cell to find the inmate preparing to
hang himself. He was standing on his
stool and trying to throw the end of
strip of torn blanket around one of
the cell bars. The other end was
around his neck.
you're making mess Of IT," said
the weary warden. LET me help you"
In trice the blanket rope was
about the bar and the moose properly
fixed.
The warden gave a tug. He tugged
and tugged until the man was raised
from the stool-until he was standing
on air. There he was held until his
eyes and hands made eloquent appeal
for release.
That's the way" said the warden,
releasing him. Nov try 1t yourself"
But the prisoner has not tried 1t.
He had decided to live.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-24

II is one thing to wish for something,
and quite another TO work for IL.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
NEW REBELLION IN
GARDEN OF EDEN

''Mesopotamia, Upper and Lower,
vies with Egypt In claiming the honor
Of being the home of ancient civilian
Geographic society, quoting from sew
eral communications concerning the
land of Adam and Eve where the
British recently sent more troops be-
cause of native uprisings.
"Mesopotamia comprises the valleys
Of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Here flourished Z the Chaldean, Baby
lonian, and Assyrian empires. The
city of Bagdad, with all its glamor
Of mystery and magic, Is in the heart
Of Mesopotamia.
This was the richest land in the
world, the granary of the ancients;
yet, In spite Of all that 1t has been,
it today lies largely waste, the desert
sands have encroached upon the fer
tile fields, while the clogged canals
have turned other portions into
swamps and marshes.
"What population there is-not more
than one Millions of Arab origin
and the Arabic language is spoken
throughout. There is, in fact, a very
distinct dividing line between the Arab
ic and the Turkish-speaking portions
of the former Ottoman empire. This
boundary corresponds with the line Of
the Bagdad railway from the Medi-
terranean to the Persian Gulf. 1t is
for the exploitation Of this rich land
Of Mesopotamia that the famous Bag
dad line was built.
"Syria closes the east end Of the
Mediterranean and is bounded on the
north by the Taurus mountains. The
Syrian and Arabian deserts limit fur
Their settlement to the east and south.
But in connection with world COM
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
MALMEDY: WALLOON ISLE
RELINQUISHED BY
PRUSSIA

In patching together the picture puz-
zle OF European nations to fit more
nearly racial and historical units the
peace conference commission on Bel
gian claims approved Belgium's de-
mand for Malmedy.
Malmedy long formed one of those
alien racial clusters that seem to cling
like barnacles to many European
Boundary line.
In the case of Malmedy and the
region about that town group or
Walloons was left in Rhenish Prus-
STA when the historic Benedictine Alb
hey of overwhelmingly was cut in
two In 1915. Malmedy fell to Prus-
STA, while six miles to the west, across
the pre-war Belgian border, Is Stave-
lot.
The latter town was the seat of the
abbey which was independent until
the Luneville peace of 1901. The abb
hey fell to France until Its partition
IA years later. The abbey was found
ed In the Seventh century and later
It's abbots ranked as princes. They
ruled many small villages along the
Ambleve, on which Stavelot is stu
ated,. and along the Warche, which
flows through Malmedy.
Charles Martel. grandfather of Char
lemagne, who ruled the Franks while
he let their kings reign on, won a de-
cisive victory over Neustria at Stave-
lot 1900 years ago.
Malmedy lies In a pretty valley of
the aforementioned river, 20 miles
south Of Aix-la- Chapelle. The town
had less than 5000 population before
the war. Dyeing, paper-making and
tanning were its Industries.
The term Walloon is used to desig-
nate those Belgians who speak either
French or French dialect. The Wal
looms Of Belgium desired Malmedy's
restoration for lingual as well as for
sentimental reasons. In Liege and Ma
muir a movement for the revival Of Wal
loon as literary language-for 1t had
been so used until about the fifteenth
century-was well underway when the
war began. In the midst Of German
speaking neighbors Malmedy and its
envirOns preserved the old Wall0on
dialect, whereas among many Belgian
Walloons it has been supplanted by
pure French.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-24
THE STRAITS OF MESSINA

Between the rocky masses of Sicily
and the "toe" Of the Italian PENN
sula, there Is but narrow lane of
sea, known as the Straits Of Messina.
Yet this ribbon of water might be
ocean-wide, judged by the diverse CIV
citations Of Italy and its island neigh
Dor.
The Sicilian and italian banks, which
border the Straits of Messina for near
ly % miles to the east and west, are
among the most luxuriant to be found
In cruise of the Mediterranean. Mag
nificent golden groves Of lemon and
orange, and orchards of pomegranate,
with their brilliant red fruit, contrast
wonderfully with the flowers of the
almond trees which perfume the whole
region.
The straits are entered from the
Tyrrhenian sea. on the north, at the
narrowest point, the distance between
Punta del Faro on the Sicilian shore
and the mainland lighthouse on Punta
Pezzo being not more than two miles
thickly sown with villages. some cling
Ing to the beach, while others Chamber
up the sides of the well-wooded hills
which eliminate In the towering Mont
alto, rising to an elevation of more
than q mile above the sea. Beyond
the straits to the southwest, looms
ever-threatening Etna, the highest vol
cano In Europe.
The most important city situated
on the straits is the once magnificent
seaport of Messina, which boosted a
population of 10000 inhabitants be-
fore "the worlds most cruel earth
quake" Of December, %, 1908, tossed
nearly hundred thousand lives away.
The harbor of Messina is the larg-
est and safest In, the kingdom of It.
ally, with depth of more than 30
fathoms. Before the great calamity II
was visited annually by more than
5000 vessels which brought cargoes
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-24

This little creature was ut the time
only four feet high. In two days 1t
had become perfectly same, and would
follow human being as readily as his
own mother. 1t was easyaenough to
feed him with milk, because all that
was required was a bottle with a long
neck. This bottle was filed with cows
down the elephants throat. Soon all
that one had to do was to place the
neck of the bottle In the elephants
mouth, and the intelligent creature
wound its trunk around the neck OF
the bottle, tilted 1t up, and absorbed
the contents. For several weeks the
elephant throve and became most
delightful pet. 1t would allow any
one to ride on its back, and seemed
to take pleasure and amusement In
this exercise. 1t would find its way
through diverse passages into my sit
ting room, not upsetting or injuring
anything, but deftly smelling and ex-
aiming objects of curiosity with its
trunk.
AT the same time we had in cap
tivity a young zebra, which was also
to be the pioneer Of domesticated
striped horse. These two orphans, the
elephant and the zebra. became great
ly attached to each other, though per
haps there was more enthusiastic af-
lection on the part of the elephant,
the zebra, at times, getting little
bored with constant embraces. Alas
and alack! both elephant and zebra
died eventually from the unwhole-
someness, to them, of cows milk"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-24

merce IL (Syria) has always been
closely related to the fertile valleys
of the Nile and the twin Mesopotamian
rivers, and its commercial life Of to-
morrow cannot be divorced from that
Of Mesopotamia.
"Mesopotamia Is as fertile today
as when II was the birthplace of
human history and when the civiliza-
ton that developed there had only
the Nile valley as a competitive field.
Various factors delayed the newt
able reopening of the historic trade
route across Syria and Mesopota mia
In modern times.
Nowhere, however, did trade fol-
low the railway to a greater extent
than along the Bagdad line, and In the
spring of 1914 Aleppo was thriving
commercial center OF German trade.
At the hotels engineers and merchants
crowded the dining rooms and talked
of q mighty future In Mesopotamia.
That summer war came, and the burn
ing question of styles was rapidly
succeeded by one Of food enough to
keep body and soul together.
Fifty miles west of Bagdad, along
the Ephrates, lies the region now
commonly regarded as the Garden Of
Eden. To irrigate this Eden and to
reclaim millions Of fertile acres around
Bagdad was the stupendous task to
which the Turkish government adj
dressed itself.
at Mussayeb, on the Euphrates, a
pre-war traveller saw 1000 Arabs
digging like moles In the Babylonian
plain, making a new channel for the
river. In the dry bed Of this artificial
channel an enormous dam was built.
Northumberland vast irrigation
system, which once watered all Baby
lonia, can still be easily traced for
miles about Bagdad. One giant canal,
the Narawn. runs parallel with the
Tigris for nearly 300 miles; 1t is $50
feet wide, and all about IL the take
of and laterals may still be identified.
Herodotus said he found forest Of
verdure from end to end when he Wis
tied Mesopotamia."