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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-20
For Good of
 the Community

TIME will come-it has come-when
 all Alabama takes as much pleasure in what is transpiring in the way or the progressive in one section, in one city, town and county as in another There is no other way of building.
 The whole state throbbed with buoy ancy when Henry Ford presented his busnesslike proposal for leasing Muscle Shoals and making use of it. What though it be at Sheffield and Florence? Are they not part of Alabama? Can they prosper without reflecting their pros perity?
 Boys and girls in the places in Alabama furtherest from the steel and iron mills of this district and most removed from the coal mines are being educated on the money paid in taxes by the operators of industrial plants.
 Much of the choice real estate in Bir- mingham is owned by residents of other Alabama cities who saw opportunity and invested here In fact, Birmingham was founded on Montgomery money. Has Birmingham taken from Montgomery? Not at all. The capital city has thrived as much from Birmingham development as Birmingham itself.
 So, Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile, Selma Gadsden and Anniston are glad to read about the really remark able development going on at Tuscaloosa. Lustig's book store at that place has com piled list of the structural projects act ually under way, showing total of S2,- 336,550.
 A few of these are:
 Bridges and county roads S55O,OOO Raul Lumber companys rail-
 road 216,OOO Presbyterian church ........ 175,000 Alabama home for feeble
 minded ......... 175,0O0 City National bank ......... 100000 Methodist church ..... 80,00O City hospital ........ 75,OO0 Alabama insane hospital light
 and heating plant ........ 100000 Rumley-Allison new mill .... 80,0OO Masonic building, U. of A. ... 46,0OO Mining experiment station,
 U. of-A. 3o,ooo New dormitory, U. of A :. 3O,0OO Stillman Institute addition ..... 75,OOO Country club ....... 32,OOO City wharf improvements .. 10000 Rural schools .............. 16,000 Dairy barns (50) ....... 25,00O
 Remainder of the $2,336, $50 is going into brick stores frame residences, fac tory additions and the like. All of it counts for the future; the permanency of the Druid City,
 We in Birmingham are close kin to Tuscaloosa and we feel as proud of what is going on there as though it were being done here In fact, our Birmingham con- tractors have large share of the work and Birmingham brick, tile, clay and iron pipe, steel girders and nails, cement and slag are entering into the construction.
 It is splendid list of improvements embracing broad field of service and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-20
GRANTS INJUNCTION AGAINST SECTIONS STATE SHRIMP LAW
Judge Clayton Holds Sections Prohibiting Unconditional Removal From State Are
 Discriminatory
By FRED Fl. GoRMLEY Montgomery Bureau, The Age-HeraId 221-2 First National Bank Building


 Montgomery, July 19.-(Special.)- )- Judge Henry D. Clayton of the fed ersl court struck heavy blow against the continued development of the shrimp industry at Bayou La batre Tuesday when he held that sec lions of the shrimp act of 1919, which prohibit the removal of shrimp from Alabama except under certain con ditions which require non-resdents Co pay a tax of 25 cents barrel when residents are required to pay enly cents a barrel and which pro hibit the removal of shrimp by water from tho boundaries of the state are on unreasonable interference with in- &erstate commerce and a discrimi- nation against citizens of other states.
 Judge Clayton issued to E. E. Elmer ef Biloxi an injunction preventing xhe enforcement of sections eight and 12 of the shrimp law, but in all other instances rendered a decision tn favor of the state. By the deci- Blon more revenue VIII SoAhe ih'o 'N~ Htate treasury for the use of the game and fish protection fund than before because shrimp packers or other states will have the same rights to operate in Alabama waters as residents, but if will mean greater competition for the shrimp packers of Bayou Labatre and the Aalabama gulf coast.
 Plain DtscriminatSon
 Tn rendering the decision, Judge Clayton commended the purposes of the shrimp law, and declared 1t to be valuable in the protection Of the states natural resources. but said the two sections are plainly discrim- nations against residents of other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-20

Bessemer, July 19-(Special.)- Brightwood Is the name that has been bestowed upon the park and munich pal playground at Brighton, which is proving such a popular place for the entertainments for the children and grownups of that vicinity.
 The Woodward Iron company owns the site and has loaned it for a per nianent playground and park with the provision that care is taken of 1t,
 The park has already been equipped with seesaws and swings and with pavilion, and it is un- derstood that the city of Brighton will furnish other equipment for the children's playground.
 The Brighton baseball park is To- cated in the park and furnishes a field for the games played there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-20

Mrs. Albert Smith and Mrs. John Reece have returned from St, Claire Mich. where they have been the guests of relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-20

Home to ROost
 M L. Thompson, whose chicker house was entered and robbed or all O. it's chickens, including fine stocR of Plymouth Rock, night before last was surprised yesterday to find that the grown ones among the lot hac returned, but no trace has been found of the flyers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13
ROwles- Mack Co.
Good clothes

the farm bureau work with taxation
Indefinitely; they believe that the
farmers ought to finance their own
enterprises, but they said the farm
ers are not usually so we'll informed
as people in closer touch with great
sources of information; they work
long hours, do not read so much and
cnsequently fall behind in the sup
ply of information that enables them
to manage their business and especi-
ally their marketing to the best ad-
vantage. Therefore, they have be-
come an easy mark for spectators
and a great campaign of education
and training is necessary to regain
the ground lost in these respects. The
great mass of farmers here in our
own county have, to a great extent,
lost confidence in themselves and
their ability to decide important
questions, they have been taken ad-
vantage of so much in business trans
actions that they have not the cour-
age that many other classes Of people
have in launching out ventures. 1t
is difficult for farmers to hold to-
gether and carry out good plan
even when it is adopted and agreed
upon. The representatives OF the
farm bureau ask that the appropria-
ton of $500 be made to make the
transactions of the farm bureau pro-
fitable this year while they are get
ting it financed with the farmers
money. They hope that this will be
the last year that they will have to
ask for an appropriation or at least
that they will not hereafter have to
ask for large appropriation. They
hope to be able to demonstrate to
the farmer during the present year
that the plans as outlined are a sue
cess and that they need only to work
together to put them into effect.
Many of the farmers want to join the
bureau, but they have not the re-
quired $25 to pay the membership
fee This will be arranged by taking
their promissory note payable at a
future time, different ones paying
at different times according to their
ability. Some will be able to pay
at the opening of spring, some when
their crops are partly developed and
some will not be able to pay until
the crops are harvested, but under
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13
A NEW MOVE FOR
SCHOOLS

Among all the things that are be-
ing done to help the schools here is
one that interests the taxpayers and
persons having hHvs and girls attend
ing the University of Idaho
We are informed that the educa-
tional interests of the state or prob
ably by the university lobby, the
most powerful lobby in the state and
one of the most corrupt, bill is to
be introduced in the legislature pro-
viding that students at the Univers-
ity at Moscow desiring to return to
their homes at holiday time or any
time during the school year, are to
be carried to their home station for
IS. Graft will be made on the state
treasury for the rest of the amount.
For instance if a person attending
the university from Blackfoot wanted
to come home for the holidays
they would be confronted with
a cost for railroad fare of
$27.91 if they came by way
of Pocatello or $26.43 by way
of Butte. The student would pay IS
of this and the state would pay
$22.91 or $24.43 according to which
route they took and when he was
ready to start back after the holidays
he would pay another IS and the
state would pay another $22.91 or
$21.43 and he would ride back in
triumph to his school work.
1t would cost the student SO to
90 home and back for the holidays
while it would cost the state 1882
or $42.86 according to which route
he took and that would be added to
the burdens of the taxpayers. That
makes 1t very pleasant for the stu
dent and very expensive for the tax
payers.
It used to be considered a great
step forward when we supplied
public school system where people
could 60 and get their education free
If they never paid dollar of taxes
in the world the education was still
theirs for the taking. Then we
added the high school course, the
college course, the university course,
commercial courses, courses in min
eralogy, metallurgy, the courses in
manual training, domestic science,
all free and now the state will be
asked to supply the major portion
of the transportation. If this law
is enacted 1t will be another step in
the direction of socialism. This is
not a step in the interest of educa-
ton; 1t is q step in the direction Of
breaking the property owners and
discouraging people from trying to
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

culture for fumigating hay in car
load lots after it is ready for transit.
The plan is to erect a tight building
with a railroad track extending into
it, run a car or two cars into the
building, close it up tight, turn loose
the fumigating gas, kill the insect
in the baled hay and send the hay on
to market. One such plant is to be
built at Pocatello or is already built
and others will be built as needed in
the convenient shipping places.
There are a million tons of surplus
hay in Idaho and as soon as we can
get adjustment of freight rates and
the lifting of the quarantine en-
barge, the farm bureau can then pro-
coed with the arrangements for
bringing supply and demand to-
gether and ship hay out to the mar
ket. The price may not be high, but
almost any price is better than let
ting it stand where it is and rot in
the ricks. Building up trade rela-
lions with consumers Of hay in other
states, supplying a good article and
being able to fill their orders at any
time for any amount will mean a
great deal for the future. At the
preset time while there is plenty of
hay in the country it would be very
difficult for person to fill an order
for one carload or hundred or a
thousand carloads of hay because it
is not in a condition to ship, it is not
baled and 1t could not be delivered
within a reasonable time after the
order was placed. All of these things
will have to be looked after by some
organization large enough to bring
supply and demand together. In
order to give permanence to these
contractions they will be carried on
thru term of years. For instance
the men engaging in the wool pool,
sign up for a period Of five years,
thereby placing their clips in the
hands of the bureau for that long a
time and engagements can be made
accordingly by the bureau. The
further conduct of the work Of the
insect control is represented by the
poisoning of squirrels, which is done
just when spring opens and before
their young come forth. At the
opening Of spring when the squirrels
are hungry and lean and have little
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

to eat anywhere, they will grab and
swallow anything chat is elible and
pretty soon they are dead squirrels.
Killing a pair of squirrels then kills
three generations before they are
born and is very effective. Insect or
rather rodent destruction extends
also to jack rabbits. The manner of
killing them is chiefly by rabbit
drives when they are assembled in
the settlements or in the region of
hay stacks when there is consider
able snow on the ground. The hard
winters kill them off occasionally and
that gives great relief, but at other
times they have to be killed by
drives. The strychnine for poison
ing the squirrels is purchased jointly
by the county and the farmers using
it. The county pays half the bill and
the consumer pays half the bill, but
by buying 1t comparatively, buying it
in large quantities, it is obtained at
a much lower cost than could be
done by having everybody buy his
own in small quantities of the drug
gist.
Eric Sundquist and Arthur Man
waring also addressed the commits
sioners calling attention to what
might be done in the orderly market
ing of potatoes under one central
control to save Cutting the market.
A larger organization working in
connection with the state and ma
tional organization could have such
a correct understanding of the potato
supply turnout the nation that the
old practice of Cutting the market
and losing everything can be avoided
and to a great extent the gambling
element be taken out of the potato
business. It is necessary to keep q
steady supply of potatoes going to
the consumers and never letting the
price be beaten down by an oversup-
ply of any place at any time.
The activities of the boys and
girls clubs are very important things
both in education and in training as
we'll as the greater object of bring
ing the boys and girls gradually into
practical and profitable farmers with
love for the work.
The farmers or their representa-
tives in the farm bureau are not ask
ing the people to 60 on sustaining
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13
this arrangement the bureau, not
needing all the money at any particu-
lar time will be able to get along on

this arrangement the bureau, not
needing all the money at any particu-
lar time will be able to get along on
it If it has this other promise from
the county to supply them with
money thru taxation to the extent
of their necessities. Then there will
be no question in the farmers mind
as to whether the seasons plans will
be carried thruout the season; they
will know that it will be done. AS
it is done they hope to show the peo-
pie how very practical and profitable
the work is and that 1t meets the
particular needs of the farmers of
this county. The estimate calls for
the county agent at salary Of $1,000
year, an assistant at the same price
and a stenographer, bookkeeper and
general office girl at $500. The
state and federal government gives
some assistance in the matter of
salaries and then there is the ex-
pense of office rent, 5000 a year at
present, the cost of all materials and
supplies, the two automobiles and
the repairs and other expense Of op-
Grating automobiles, travelling ex-
penses and all, running the expense
up past the $4,000 mark for a
years work.
Commissioner inquiries
Commissioner Nelson asked II he
was correct in understanding that
the membership of the farm bureau
had dropped from several hundred to
200. He was informed that the
answer to that was both yes, and no.
The membership at the beginning of
the year is little or nothing, but II
increases usually by a drive put on
early in the year and they keep COM
ing in thruout the year and at the
close of the year the membership
amounts to many hundreds. Under
the re-organized farm bureau at the
higher membership fee of $25 apiece
many who had been joining at 81
apiece did not join at the higher
price, but the membership at present
is 200 at $25 making a capital Of
$4,000 when 1t is paid in. AS the
drive for membership continues thru
out the year, It will be added to this
Continued on page three.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

Four years ago the state OF ldanO
went into the insurance business in
competition with private enterprise 1t
put man at the head of the depart
ment of insurance who knew nothing
about insurance business. His name
was C. o. Broken and he took his
working plans from Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Oregon and some other states
where the matter has been in opera
ton and in some Of those states 1t
is slowly, but steadily bankrupting
the state and nothing but the great
resources of the people saves 1t from
going into failure like a private en-
terprise does when it is mismanaged.
There is plenty Of evidence to show
that they render a poorer service
than those engaged in private en-
terprise and in some of those states
they are charging more than the pri-
vate enterprises do charge. In sew
eral states they have passed laws
barring the private companies from
doing business any longer and re-
curing them to patronize the state
monopoly.
They tried to make it a state
monopoly in Idaho, but were beaten
in the effort. The Socialists and Nom
partisan leaguers and the union
workers of the state thru their or
ganization did their best to make 1t
a state monopoly and bar out COM
petition thru private enterprises. In
this effort they failed. An effort is
being made now to make 1t a state
monopoly by enactment in the pres
ent state legislature. Under the
present conditions an employer is
obliged to carry accident insurance
for all of his employees, but they let
him patronize any one he likes; he
may patronize the state or he may
patronize a private company.
At a gathering Of the industrial
elements representing the unions at
Boise last week, meeting was held
with no one present but members of
state accident insurance board and
at that meeting the industrial peo-
pie, the representatives of the wage
workers, are said to have told the
members of the state accident board
what amendments they wanted to the
law and made it clear that one of the
amendments they wanted was to
have the state take over the monopoly
of the insurance business so that en-
ployers would not only have to carry
insurance for their employees, but the
employees would tell them where to
buy their insurance and fix the price,
thru the state board, Of what they
should ray for it. That would be an
other step in the direction of Social
ism and very long and disagreeable
step. 1t would destroy private enter
prise by making it more agreeable to
be an employee than an employer. 1t
would be another step in the direc-
tion of breaking the employers and
making it impossible to operate
thereby breaking down business al
together so that few persons would
be willing to be the employers. The
tendency would be to destroy what
business we have or to break it up
into such small units that every man
would be running a little shop or
office of his own and working by the
simplest methods with high expenses
per capita and low efficiency or low
productiveness for each dollar in
vested and per number of persons
working.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

acquire title to property and making
1t more to peoples interest and ad-
vantage not to own everything be-
cause the state will supply them with
what ever they need. It is socialism
applied with considerable kick In the
application.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-04-27
MI. GALLAGHER NEWS

Mt Gallagher. April 25.-We are
glad to state that the little son Of Mr..
Tom Duckworth, who has been seri-
ously i'll. is improving rapidly.
The Sunday School OF Mt. Gallagher
church Is increasing. We have per-
feet attendance Of one hundred and
fifteen scholars.
We extend congratulations to Mr..
Frank Jones and Miss Isabel Beecham
who were recently married.
Mr.. w. P. Davenport attended pray
er meeting In the Fork section Sat-
urday night, and reports good se1-
vice.
We are sorry to give up our good
neighbors. Mr.. John McNeilly and
family who have moved back to Ware
Shoals
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Brown are happy
in announcing the arrival Of little
son, Winston Terry.
singing given by Miss Agnes Mar
tin Sunday P. NJ, was very much
enjoyed by those present
The body Of Mr.. Tommy Adams ar
rived from overseas April 14th AID
was buried the following day at Pop
Lar Spring cemetery.
Little Miss Margaret Brown spent
the latter part Of last week with her
grandmother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Duckworth wish
to thank the neighbors for their kind
moss during tho illness Of their little
son.
The body Of gallant soldier, Mr..
Perry Nix, arrived from overseas last
Thursday and was buried Saturday
afternoon at Ware Shnals cemetery
The gardens and corn crop around
here show that the farmers are in
terested in foodstuffs.
Mrs. ]. @. Martin and Mrs. J. p.
Dendy visited Mrs. j. R. Brown Sat
urday afternoon.
Mr.. John Medlock Is having a new
barn built since enlarging his corn
crop.
The body of Mr.. Lewis NIattox has
also arrived from overseas and was
buried at Broad Mouth cemetery Fri
day afternoon.
Mt Gallagher and Eureka played an
interesting ball game Saturday after
noon, the score being % to in favor
OF Mt. Gallagher.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-04-27
Mae. The affair was quite surprise
TO the honoree as she knew nothing OF

Mae. The affair was quite surprise
to the honoree ais she knew nothing Oh
the party until the bevy of guests be-
gan to arrive. All manner OF games
were played, music enjoyed. Then the
dining room doors were thrown open
and the guests invited into the taste.
fully decorated room where the birth
day cake graced the snowy board, and
were served with cake and peaches
Those who enjoyed the occasion with
Miss Rose Mae were: Misses Nellie
Wasson, Bernice Abercronsbie, Corrie
and Pearl Tunbhng. Melle Abercrom-
bic, Nannic Lee Thomson, Sarah
Pearl Roper, Elsie May Hellams, Car
rie Bolt, Claytie and Una Abercrom-
bic. Ruth Abercrombie, Nell and Grace
Bolt, and Messrs. Earl Abercrombie,
James Roper, Tom Thomason, Oscar
and Erskine Hellams, Mansil Sum-
merel. Others present were Misses
Cora League, Sallie D. Brownlee, and
Messrs. GMdie Abercrombie and Tel
ford Bolt, and Gillie Summerel, of
Honea Path.
The Epworth League will meet at
the church Sunday evening at s
o'clock All members are urged to
attend, as splendid program has
been arranged.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-04-27
LANF0RD NEWS

Lanford, April 25.--Sunday morning
was bright and clear and the people
enjoyed two services, both morning
and afternoon by Rov. Robertson and
Rev. Watts.
Tho baptist extended unanimous
call to Rev. j. wv. Watts to the pastor
ate Of their church for the remainder
OF the year. We hope the call will
be accepted and the work will be Of
mutual bonefit and help to both pastor
and people.
Our school will close Friday night,
April 30, with appropriate exercises,
consisting Of one excellent play, recl-
tations, readings and songs by the
school children. The public Is cor
daily invited.
We had an excellent meeting OF the
Rural Improvement Association Fri
day afternoon. The topics were dis
cussed in very impressive way by
the faculty. The subject was money
or Thrift Problem. Miss Nina Lewis
ably handled the subject Of America,
the Land OF Waste.
Miss Burgess read appropriate notes
on The Perils Of Wealth and Poverty
Social, Moral and Spiritual. Miss
Chapman explained the Proper Use
OF Money. All the suggestions were
timely and well gotten up and en-
joyed. Mrs. J. II. Patterson and Mrs.
T. a, Drummond served excellent re-
freshments, assisted by Misses Lenora
Patteron and Margaret Drumond.
Mrs. M. w. Fowler, Miss Carryo