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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
Birmingham Leads All In Savings Bank Deposits

1.-THE showing made by the savings U banks of Birmingham on March 15, this year, compared with the same date in 1920, should prove an inspira- tion to the citizens of this district, because it speaks in eloquent terms of the superiority of conditions pre- vailing here over those in other sec tions.
 The report was made in detail in yesterdays Age-Herald. Briefly sum- marized, total savings in the nine banks of Birmingham on March Is, were $21,5so,oO0, an increase of $2,825, ,000 over the same date in 1920. or IA 1-3 per cent, compared with an average in New England of 7.53 per cent, 6.99 per cent in the Pacific coast cities and 9.30 per cent in the country at large.
 These figures tell us that frugal citizens of Birmingham have saved nearly $22,000,o0O. This is SPA for every man, woman and child in the city. It is a neat sum with which to tide over a few lean days. In fact, it is enough to build many homes and found many family altars.
 The safety razor manufacturer who claims that shaving with his razor is just like wiping your face with a towel' taxes credulity. Shaving never was and never will be like that.
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 The Chicago man who did brisk busi- ness selling "moonshine" colored green in honor of St. Patricks day was too en- terprising to escape the notice of fed- eral prohibition agents.
 Mary Garden says she will manage the Chicago Opera company only one year. The directors say her contract runs for two more years Whats veracity among friends?
 What has become of the old-fashioned bandits who used to start revolutions in E--sco?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
SWEET AND LOW

By TennysOn. Sweet and low, sweet and low.
 Wind of the western sea, Low. low, breathe and blow.
 Wind of the western sea. Over the rolling waters go Come from the dying moon. and blow, Blow him again to me; While my little one. while my pretty
 one, sleepA Sleep and rest, sleep and rest.
 Father will come to thee soon, Rest rest. on mothers breast
 Father will come to thee soon; Father will come to his babe in the
 nest Silver sails all out of the west Under the silver moon; Sleep, my little one. sleep my pretty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
Farmers of Alabama
 Profit by Experience

H-0 ULLMAN county farmers are N shipping sweet potatoes of last years crop by the carload and the money received is enabling them to hold their cotton from low-price market.
 The spring marketing of the sweet potatoes follows their storage through the winter in curing houses. Other wise they would have iotted and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21

sisters and sob brothers, a spectacle of human nature more interesting to psychoanalists than to others disinter- ested. Females of the species rarely take human life when they are old and withered. While they are young and fair they take it in no great danger from masculine jurors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
A Business Onsiu

Birmingham is a veritable business oasis in the south and southeast. being in better shape commercially than any city in this section of the United States, from my observation.'' declared Alex Kelly, Jr.. travelling salesman.
 Although orders come after so long time in other cities, yet Birmingham and the circle of towns about her seem almost as prosperous to the man com ing in as in the booming business days of last spring.
 Birmingham is bidding fair to get through the readjustment period in ex- cellent condition. Thus far, she seems in good position to get away with it.
 ''Gadsden. Jasper, Decatur and Shelf field. towns which I have visited late ly. not to omit Huntsville and Annis- ton. all have a spirit of bustling op- timism which is inspiring. It evident ly is a contagious disease, caught in Birmingham. and one which is not de- structve, but constructive"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
THE BOND ISSUE ELECTION

from the duntesVllle AdVertlser.
 We favor Governor Kilby calling an extra session at once to consider the bond issue and soldier vote question, if he will agree to veto every other measure passed by the legislature at the called session. We have no objec- ton to the members repeating any and all laws they please, but in our opinion we already have more law now that we need.
 The Advertiser believes the people will vote for the good roads bond issue again. provided an active campaign is put on to show the 4oters the advan- tage it will be to every section of the state.
 But if the way is t. be opened for a lot of other fool laws, then we oppose the calling of an extra session and be- lieve majority of voters in this coun- ty are with us
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
THE FAMILY CAR

From the Savannah News.
 The old motto has been changed tt God Bless Our Sedan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
No sECREr rHEN

From the Savannah News.
 The Japanese government may. as rumored. build a lot of warships se- cretly-but there will come modified form of income tax returning time in Japan one day sooner or later and the secret will be merely figurative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
A POWERFUL PAPA From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-


 gram.
 A story told by Sir Harry Lauder concerns a christening ceremony in a church in a mining district The in- fant was most gloriously arrayed and among others things it wore splen- did bonnet. which when the critical moment arrived. the mother found some difficulty in removing.
 With the eyes of the congregation upon her the woman became very Mustered, and her attempts to hold the baby and take the bonnet off at the same time seemed likely to end by dropping the child on the floor.
 At last the clergyman turned rather impatiently to the father. particular ly powerful collier Can you hold the childT' he said sharply.
 The big collier gave the clergyman, who was rather diminutive. disdain- full glance. "Haud him?" he whispered ffiercely. Man, I could fling him o'er the kirk, and you, tae. if need be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
MARSHALL GOT S1@,OOO

From the Nashville Banner.
 Thus far says The Birmingham Age-Herald. nobody has qualified as the official jester of the Harding ad- ministration.' How come? What does the job pay?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
Cnr stenling Increa.es

Warm weather and bright moon light nights have decided effect on the number of motor cars stolen" said Carl Brown. driver of the patrol wagon. who does quite share of the car hunting for the police. "Just as soon as spring gets here car stealing increases.
 "As rule the thieves ride all night and then park them. We generally find them next morning, either parked at the curb, or standing on some lonely coun- try road, with the tires and the car buretor gone. A majority of the cars stolen are taken by joy riders, who just borrow them for the night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
A TRuE HELPMEET

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 The girl who married drunkard to reform him. is now operating a brew. cry in the cellar. Al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
There's small choice in rotten apples. Flaming of the Shrew. x $ *
A MORNING PRAYER

do not ask thee, Lord, to make me popular; l only ask that thou wilt guide me alright. Alone. l am nothing, but thou and l together are greater than the world. Amen. M. :. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
Motorists .ReconciIed

Motorists are beginning to flock to the city hall for permits under the new traffic code. reconciled to the le- gality of the provision stipulating the $1 license fec" said John H. Taylor. commissioner of public safety.
 These permits must be obtained by every person driving car before April 1. the date when arrests will be be- gun for violation of the law providing for the examination and payment of the fee.
 Persons who have paid chauffeurs' license are exempt from payment of the new fee as they have already been required to pass an examination on their qualifications as a driver"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21

money they are now bringing in would have been lost. The annual loss in the sweet potato crop has been about $1O,OOO,ooO to $12,OOO,OOO. That much money has been thrown away.
 It is just another lesson learned. The harder one is hit the greater the reaction. The boil weevil was a bless ing in disguise. It reduced Ala bama's cotton crop from an annual average production of something like 100000 bales to an average of half that amount.
 The Alabama farmer has aban- doned nearly all the slip-shod meth ods of past generations. This year he is terracing his lands to make them more productive. More counties than ever have experts in county service. There is an air of alertness in every department of farming activity.
 No one relishes a hard knock, but some of those received by Alabama farmers have been of decided benefit. Military Preparedness
 Expensive But Necessary 77f1HE nations of the earth cry out
 Q under the heavy burdens of tax ation imposed by armaments. In America, as everywhere else, there is the same protest, yet how far would the average American citizen, who is patriotic and loves his countrye be willing to go in disarming? He may complain about taxes and lament the expenditure of billions for battleships, guns, airplanes and the upkeep of the army, but put the question squarely to him, as to whether or not he is willing for America to reduce it's army to mere police force ahd let it's navy deteriorate to the third or fourth class, and he'll make a mega tive answer.
 The law of self preservation is as strong as it ever was and as long as danger menaces any country it's peo- pie, if they have a spark of patriot ism, are going to provide means for their defense. As Mir. Daniels points out in recent article in the Saturday Evening Post, an inadequate navy is a waste of money.
 If the world is going to remain an armed camp" every instinct of safe ty demands that America shall pro- tect herself from aggression by the most effective of all weapons, pow erful navy. America would make rich prize for some international free booter, as Germany was when she de- signed to make this country pay the cost of the World war, and until some agreement is reached to limit arma- ments there is nothing to do but to keep on building battleships. It is national fire, life and accident insur- ance, all in one policy, and when re garded in that light the expense is less burdensome.
 The problem of disarmament can never be solved by one nation alone. The great powers can agree to limit their military expenditures, and thus save billions of the peoples money, but any such programme to be practical must place the strongest nations on approximately an equal footing.
 Leads All
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Wanta General Plan

Temporary zoning measures passed by the city have proven their helpless ness to meet the situation whenever a question of whether district shah be residential or commercial, with two now pending in the courts.' said Fletcher Mccary of Mccary Mineral Wells
 Necessity of a general zoning law has been emphasized as never before by the litigation, which is now pend- ing in our courts. As one of the city commissioners declared the other day, property without having to wait until tho city acts upon last-minute protests against erection of a store.
 Birmingham needs a zoning law. understand committed has been formed, or is in process of formation, for the working out of a general zon- ing ordinance, which will be just and fair to everyone. both business man and the owner of a private residence"
 Qualified for Duties
 T am delighted to know that Hugh P. Latimer, who for so many years lived here as a representative of the Southern railway" said Darby H. Brown. "has entered definitely upon religious work for which he is so pe- culiarly fitted. For years he took an active interest in Sunday school work and was always prominent in the work of the laymen.
 He has been elected general sec retary of the Wins Salem Young Mems Christian association, and has accepted and entered upon his duties. on Monday. March 21, according to newspaper announcements received here. Hugh Latimer is the best type of the modern business man who looks upon life with the viewpoint of service. He is enNnently qualified for his new duties in every sense as he has both personality and consecration."
 Will Advertise City
 Through the medium of the na- tiona1 balloon race, holding of, which has been definitely sanctioned by the Aero Club of America on May 21. Bir- mingham will receive free advertising of unmeasurable value," said Sam Bowman. Plans call for the dropping of leaflets from the balloons as they swing quietly along through the sky over several states. as I understand the affair.
 Not only will the semi -cents snnial celebration be proclaimed to the states over which the balloons will sail, but Birmingham's opportunities for new corners will be spread broadcast
 Birmingham should feel compli- mented and take full advantage of the staging of the national balloon races in this city. Every citizen should help make the festival planned in connec- ton with the race huge success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21

When he made up his mind to become a professional he decided to seek a career
 in America. and took ship for Boston, his brother James being purser on the Samaria, which piled to that port from Liverpool. The voyage was without inci- dent, and when he landed on American soil he went whistling up the street in search of a suitable theatre in which to make his debut. The name of the street did not remain in his memory but it was ir May, 1s1i that Robert Mantel began calling on the Boston theatrical mag nates.
 Now. cor,ee a curious part of his story for much to his astonishment none of them seeried to be eager to engage the yellow haired Scotch elocutionist with the Irith progue The Bostonese have never been noted for being stampeded. but have rather cool way of sizing folks up. He stuck it out for 10 days, then got panic stricken, and finding that he had just money enough left to buy return ticket to Queenstown with few shil;ings on the side, he made nasty exit out of the Huh of the Universe
 I'll have to close this story at present with his erst try at America. but do not be too hard on the lad who, like many another clder man from the other side of the Atlantic. has come to these United States and found out all about them within the shcrt space of 10 days and then hurried home to write a book about it. The tale Of his efforts for stage career back in the cuid country is well worth another column. for it gives vivid pie ture of the status of actors in England and the handicaps under which they worked
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-02-10
LET TRAPP SWEAT WILL
90 HIM GOOD" SAYS DABNEY

CONTINUED rom Page -
Trap without letting the house iook
at the evidence.
. ~You'ye got something you can't
handle and don't want TO handle.
was the retort hurled at Dabney by
Harm III Trap is sweating let him
sweat; lei him worry II will do him
good"
Taxing the floor again. Dabney le
cared he had read the letter from
Trapp and taken his stand out OF
difference to him - said he would
not he ~insistent- in his stand ami
asserted that he was possibly ms
taken as 70 his statement the corn
mittee had worked six weeks on the
case. He asked that the matter be
taken up Thursday or Friday
Speaker Schwabe explained that :hs
printer has informed him that the re-
.ort aid evidence could not be printed
until Friday or carly Saturday Rep
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-02-10
AMERICA as A PAWN

The speech Of Andre Tardieu.
former French high commissioner
TO the United States and right
hand man of Clemenceau. in
reply 10 Premier BRAND < an
nouncement Of the reparaiions
terms fixed at the recent Paris
conference. illustrates very plain
~ the part that French party
politics is playing IN the in,erna
iional situation II has been
very bluntly intimaicd that the
reparations agreement was fixed
largely to enable BRAND 50 iide
his administration over lest worse
fefalI. Tardicu in return asks
poStponement Of approval of
BRAND S terms by the chamber
until The new Administration In
The United States can be consult
ed Each is maneuvering for adj
vantage in the field of home pol
tics and America IL being used
as a pawn in the game, Just as
the European statesmen arc
anxious to- make this Nation a
pawn IN the rcparaiions settle
meni
The French illusion of hcine
able to collect impossible sums
from TIE former enemy is no
greater dian the general Euro
pesn ilhsion that Uncle sam can
lc nmced to underwl1le what
Germany cannot deliver Tar
dicu : declaration that there can
De ~no capitalization. mobilixa
don Or diseonn'ing Of the Ger
man deb, Nn,il the United States
is a party 90 the agreement is
Mi illustration of the persistence
of this form of rainhow-chaSing
among Europeans who should
know fcttcr.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-02-10

The only way 10 reaa wllp any
efficiency is to read 50 heartily lhai
dinner time comes two hours before
you expected it, sidney Smith Wrote.
To ST with your Livy before sou and
hear the geese cackling ihat SaNed
the capital ana 10 see with your own
eyes the Carfhaeinan suffers gather
Ing up tile rings of the Roman
kuiShiS after The battle of cannae ana
heaping them into bushels and 70 be
SO intimately present at the actions
you are reading If that when any ore
kuocks AZ the door il will take you
two or three seconds fo determine
whether you are in your own study
or on the plains - I.omhardy lookins
M HannibalS weatherbeaten face
that Is the only kind Of study that
IS roy ureSome. almost the only Kind
that is not useless.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-02-10
DRUG sMUCGL[Rs USE
MANY UNIQUE SCHEMES
Water Proof Bag Employed To
Keep Contraband Afloat,
Was Caught BY
Detectives

New York Feb ,0-The newst
continuance Of drug smugglers. dis
covered by detectives disguised as
'engshoremen. consists Of smail
waterproof Tag fastened 10 two small
rips OF wood which keep il afloat
The drugs, it is explained. are plac ID
I'd the bag before The cii .oms inspec-
tors board the vessel and at a con
ven;ent moment are thrown over
board within sight OF an accompiice
IN LAUGH who is usually not far
distant Ostensibly gathering drift
wood the confederate attracts little
attention as re gathers up the roa.
.ng refuse including the bag. ana
;eaas for shore.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-02-10
WAS ALL RUN DOWN
AFTER OPERATION
Avoided second operation and is
now the picture of health.

n had very severe operation whiea
ieff sac il . miserable condition, badly
sonssipate4t. female trouble, kidney troo
Bile. stomach trenbie eonid nos eaf ar
sleep feh - II Hfe wa. ~ 80 u~e 4"
me Seversl doctors told me that
wuusa never ne better uniA had anettcr
operation one year ago ! cainmen,tl
taking Miiks Emulsion and eauD",
praise d enough cam eai and sl.~an
Ike j haay ana tho i,eopie ~ this taNn
have secu what Milks Emulsion hiss aans
fer nae and are now nsinF So IA has hf,A
i. Good scna a. me know IL .ana my
life 7 wa~ nothing but shadow 81 my
former seif when | began taking MnkS
health Ny parents are very thankful to
geu a. mv sickness had cost them hun
drcds u dollars Ethel Hartman.
~ainerllic, Ohio
A ran down body invites disease let
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others Il costs nothing % try
MIks Emulsion j. a PHEASANT. nutrstiNe
fnad nnd corrective medicine lt ~
stores healthy. natural bowel action. 90
lne aWay with all aeed 8. pAls and pay
-ts u promotes appetite snd aHifkiy
puts fhe digestive ofsans in shape ~
as.imiiais food As builder - flesh
sua strength. MHks rmnision is stronEl,
Recommended by tha~e whom sickness hfs
sea &enea ana Is a powerful ala ia re-
sistine ana repairing ihe effects - vast
ina diseases
4atS is The only solid emulsion made
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-02-10

TT HESE are the days of delusIons
i but happily comparatively few
Americans are allowing themselves TO
be deluded spurious "idealism'
IS the mask for un-American propa-
ganda. The true idsalist is construc-
The mock Idealist Is p destruetionist
and II is the des,ructionist ideal
which is being preached today by the
native born anarchist Of parlor and
drawing room and by the foreign born
anarchist OF the soap box Most Of
the native born preachers Of isms 9TH
er than Americanism. themselves are
deluded hut mast 81 the alien preach
ers are NOT In the least delnded They
resent restraint of any Kind rule law
and order Their idea of perfect lib
erfy IS the unrestricted right 10 DO
anything which their passions niay
dictate They are for 40 government
aud last of all are they for The Amer
lean government
II is certain that these preachers
never can delade the American people
10 The point &c inducing them tu give
np true liberty for feiion provided
The people are on taeir guard ud iha
those of them who ihink lshiis should
be made TO think rightly
Tile teachers of Something better
than is 10 be found here. know a. We'll
as Edmund Burke knew that me peo
pie wili never give up their liberties
but under some deln~ian Therefore
ii is THAI these TEACHERS Sesk io Je.
Jude They prey w'h argument ulr
on The Weaknesses lle npdiie> and
the passions If ricH Ihe mlMnl. .ns
are their quarry They cau 30 lilt.e
harm il their efforts are met prompily
II is The high du'y of Americans %
10 meet these preachers OF "tHai state
made perfect because IL knows no
law
Burke knew rne eeoa'e. He was
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-02-10
What
RI no other country Of the world

Tn no other country OF the world
are there so many opportunities
Tor those born in humble circrn-
stances TO achieve success a. In Amer
lea. Here the greatest honors have
been given TO the men who were born
poor. whether IN politics or business
lie. Our greatest presidents, orr great
est lawyers, our greatest merchants and
our greatest leaders IN industry were
roor boys, and many Of these lawyers,
merchants. and industrial leaders were
Immigrants from Europe. The wise
men who founded this government and
devised the Constitution which made
all these things possible were deter
mined that IN America opportunity
and the chance TO succeed should be
open 10 all. whether native born or
immigrant. rlch or poor.
Whatever industry We may choose
to look into, we find that many of
Its foremost leaders were immigrant
boys who achieved success by their
own efforts and industry. In the fruit
industry we have Joseph DiGeorgla,
who was q fruit peddler in Italy. and
his brother Samuel DiGeorgia- These
men, immigrant boys few wears ago,
are now fruit merchants OF country
wide fame and owners OF many tropi-
cal fruit carrying transportation lines
Another leader in this industry is Jo-
seph A. Steinhardt, who was a wagon
boy not many years ago. He Is now
known TO every dealer in the United
States Andrew Spsda, still under
forty years Of age, landed in America