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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
Baleful Effect of
 the Pellagra Scare

6HHE south has again suffered ll from that peculiar form of ill., considered sympathy which consists of advertising her troubles to the outside world. The excitement over pellagra has served only to perpet- uate the impression in the north that Dixie is a land of chills and levers, mosquitoes and flies and filled with deadly germs that rem der life precarious.
 On the contrary, the average tenure of life is as long in the south as anywhere in the world, much longer than in many northern states with their rigorous climatic condi- tions. There is less tuberculosis in the south where the people live in the open.
 Indignant denial has been made of the reports of widespread pella- gra in the south. Instead of being on the increase, it has been shown to be on the decrease. There has been no famine and no near-famine. More fruits and vegetables have been raised in the past several years than ever before, and the diet in the rural districts 4s more varied. The thoughtless crowd who started the reports as to famine and pellagra deserve to be censured.
 Those who love the south should quit talking about the "poor" farm CT. They should cease presenting him as subject for the sympathy of the nation. They should encour- age his self-respect and his self reliance by regarding and treating him as an upstanding man able to endure the same shifts of all and bad fortune as merchants and manu- lecturers. The southern farmer, in particular, needs to be saved from some of his own ill-advised spon- sors.
 E F '
 It Is sad to see American dollars helping to prop up crumbling thrones in Europe. we'd rather sec ths money go to the Prince of Monaco via Monte Carlo.
 Governor Small has decided not t call out the militia to protect hin I from arrest. It's dreadful tosthink o how close Illinois came to civil war Georgia will not impose . tax O $ | year on bachelors. probably or the theory that bachelorhood is it' eMu- ppnishmtnt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
LET UNCLE SAM DO IT

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 A New York plug. Ludwig zborow- ski. by name, was sent to the work house for refusing to support his children, and this is the excuse for his dereiiction as advanced to an of- ficcr; "Let the. government supper, them instead of sending all tie money to Europe to care for children there" He has been reading news papers and periodicals edited .y hardboiied liberals. Liberalism seems to be dsmoralising to . great many people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
TOUCHING IT
From the New orleans Times PIca

From the New Orleans Times -Pica- yune.
 | President Harding's weekend visit
 to the Edison Ford Firestone camp
 in the Blue Ridge mountains prompt 1 ed the headline writers in various
 papers to conscript and uniform in
 boxcar or blackface type that old fashioned but still beloved phrase, "roughing it." The President, millions of American readers were informed while perusing their favorite papers
 at the breakfast table, was 'roughing |it." Doubtless there were many vet eran campers of the hard-boiled type who grinned or snorted as they siimpsed the old familiar phrase, paraded over the story of the presi- dential jaunt. To the less sophlsti-
 cated it sounded we'll But if it was Lf1tly applied in this case "roughins it" has lost it's ancient meaning. We
 summarize below circumstantial
 newspaper account of how the Presi- dent "roughed it.'
 l Motoring out from Washington to
 Pecktinville, he changed oars" at the latter point and in smaller ma chine better adapted to hill climbing l was conveyed to the camp of the mill | lionaire trio, about two miles dis.
 tant The camp, described as we'll equipped village" under canvas, was mutioned and supplied by train of motor trucks. Included in the
 camping paraphernalia, we gathered, were "all the comforts Of home" and then some, not excepting player piano. with his appetite whetted by his motor trip, the President sat down to a supper of roast Virginia | ham, lamb chops, sweet corn and vegetables" On the morrow he in- | dulged In a horseback ride--the first, we are told since his boyhood. But
 his mount was carefully selected, and the route and duration of the can ter" as 1t was euphemistically de-
 scribed, were no doubt mercifully ad- iusted to the distinguished guests capability--and durability-as
 horsetran. In the afternoon he
 walked half mile to q village store.
 whether heSnegotiatedN the return voyage under his own power the
 story does not say; let us therefore
 give him the benefit of the doubt.
 The evening hours in camp were
 whiled away before log fire With
 music, song and story
 If that be "roughing it." in tho
 modern acceptation of the phrase, let
 some hardy old-timer who viVloiy
 remembers how "roughing it. went
 in the old days, rise up and tell us'
 in language more picturesque than
 narliamentary. what this country or
 ours Is coming to!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
THE UNJNFORMED From the Chicago Herald and Ex-

At the height of the Derby fever in london recently two men were arguing on literary subject on the top Of an omnibus. Well" said one. John puts Bleak House first and Martin Chuzslewit' second" 4 hoafse voice interrupted from the seat behind. "Gentlshhen,r 1t said.
 T don't know your pAi. John. but you're bsin' fooled NbAd. 1hetGs nd ssAh herses runain.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
DID THE KING SAY TH1ss

From the Pittsburg Ditpatch.
 The authority for this reported in, terview between King George and Premier Lloyd George is H. Wick ham steed, Lord Northcliffe's editor of the London Times. At the last meeting he had with Lloyd George hafore leaving for Ireland (to opei. the Belfast ParliamenD the King asked him, Are you going to shoot all the people of Ireland? No. your majesty" the premier replied. "well, then.s said the King, you must come to some agreement with them. This, thing cannot go on. cannot have my people killed in this manner"
 If this report is authentic It Is re- markable for two reasons. First, be- cause it would record an actual as sumption of royal initiative and au- Minority that has long been thought
 Nrever abandoned in England. While technically hritain's constitutional form of government Eives good deal of power to the crown actually for many years 1t has been in abey- ance and the prime minister for the time being has been supreme. In deed 1t has been the boast of lib- eral Britons that the throne had less real authority shan President of the United States. If King Georgs issued such orders to Lloyd George lit was a raversion to ancient usage that was almost revolutionary in ac, cepted British constitutional govern ment. But if he did It vas less re ting 1t against the estimAte of tn. premier of the United Kingdom, since he must have been encouraged to i by the attitude Of the deminicn pre- mars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
DANTE

Tor example, Goethe; those who think obscurely yet feel profoundly. as for example. Byron; and those--the poets supreme-who both feel profoundly and think clearly. To this third class belong Homer. Virgil, Dante. shake- speare, Milton and Browning. Though not employing the metrical vehicle of expression there Is yet another poet. representing rarely poetic race, who properly belongs to this class. His name is David.
 David, Homer. Virgil, Dante, Shake speare is the chronologicals order. Who is there that would, and there- fore. dars. to place Dante even in the second place?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
DlDNsr TALK NATURAL
{. London Nswa

From the London News.
 They were watching . procession of the unemployed. Said the Amsr- ican: You don't see these things where come from
 A Scot tnttrposed; And whur may that be?"
 Tn Gods own country" returned the Amsrieah.
 -Monr' cried the. Scot. "whur's ys scoteh accent; Ha 70 lest itr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
His New Book

T am notsan author, nor claim llt- erary talent, but I do believe in book lets about Birmingham that contain plain facts" said o. L. Bum. manager Of the Chamber of Commerce.
 "Our next publication will be q directorye of the products handled by the members of our wholesale merchants and manufacturers divis. ion of the chamber. We will issue 5000 copies and distribute them to the trade throughout Birmingham ter ritory.
 The merchants In this territory with the booklet in hand will sec at glance whether his want car be supplied by Birmingham mer- chants and who can fill it.
 This Is what we call down at the chamber working from the inside and l believe it is good system."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
Selected Weak Spot.

We secured quick action in the Meridian rate ease, because we hit 1t in the weakest spot" said s. l. Yerkes. We coal operators made a single handed attack on the new coal and coke rates, for which there was no reason because there never had been rates on coal and coke from Meridian, hence there never could have been a discrimination against Meridian in such rates.
 "We began our action on Monday and by Thursday the Attorney General of tbe United States, the interstate commerce commission and the raii- roads had agreed to cancel the new and higher rates and leave the old rates intact. Pretty quick. I call 1t, for legal matter of such import ance."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
x F E Japan Would Protect Interests in Far East

IT APAN is the only power invited cU to the conference, in whose case problems of peculiar and i'm portant bearing were apt to be placed on the calendar of discussion, It was natural that Japan should not commit herself too quickly or too broadly with respect to her vital interests.
 In her note of acceptance Japan suggests. that problems which con cern only particular nations or which can be regarded as closed incidents be omitted from the scope of the meeting. In diplomatic circles this is accepted more as a forecast of Japan's attitude if such matters are discussed than a condition of her participation.
 No American would object if this country were to oppose any discus sion of the Monroe Doctrine in the disarmament conference. That is a peculiarly American problem and we propose to handle it in our own way. It follows that we cannot re- sent Japan's reluctance to sumbit questions bearing on far eastern matters, in which she is intimately concerned, to the unrestrained arbi- trament of the conference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
Need Straight Talk

Its strange the hesitancy which most people have about answering questions we have to ask them when they are registering" said Mrs. Mar garet Copeland of the registrars of flee. They seem to think we want to know the answers because of idle curiosity and do not like to answer them.
 "Of course it is to be expected that some women hesitate about telling their ages, but men often seem. to think we are trying to find out their business when we question them. We rarely ever find a person who will answer "yes" or "no" to a question, such Is the one whether they have lived in the state two years. They will always go to the trouble of ex- 'plaining that they have lived in Ala bana all their lives, or tell when they moved here. Of course we are not interested in that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
THE SHORT OF IT

Now, as regards the socialist, Although his talk Is fine. I stand on what is his Is his
 And what is mine is mine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
Tourists Coming Here

"A lady in Ford car drove up to the Birmingham Packing companay on Wednesday morning." said Capt. Jack Phillips, "and told me she and a car full of women and children had made the trip without mishap from Cincinnati to Birmingham in three days.
 ''The first day they made it to Loutsville. the next to Nashville and the next to Birmingham. The roads must be pretty good if lot of wom- en and children could make such time,
 "They greatly enjoyed the trip and, when their visit to relatives here is over, will return through the coun- try. Few reople@ realize the extent of travel which will come this way when we get sure enough highways,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
SUCH A JoLL1ER!

How high up did you go with that young aviator?"
 He said we were in heaven" re- piled the maiden, with blush, "but didn't believe It."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
.AauN1la1N1AassttU,

p s.: There are a few private pools to add to thS joy of some or the beautiful homes in the district
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
A RARE BIRD.

"You speak of poker enthusi- ast'"
 "Whats wrong with thatT'
 "1t's redundant. Did you ever see poker player who acted as if there were any better way to spend his t,mew PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
srII.L oN THE ouTsKIRTs.

STILL ON THE OUTSKIRTS. What Is Mrs. wadleighs position in society,""
 She's in the twilight zone" "Eh?"
 "she gets chairmanships in church work, but she's lucky to set an invi- tation to a swell function"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
TO THE LAUNDRY WITH SOAP.

TO THE LAUNDRY WITH SOAP. whats good for the complexion?" Inquired Eyes lovely daughter We looked dismay but wished to say, My dear, try soap and water"
 -Birmingh Age-Herald. '"That method is archaic"
 Said Miss Letitia Malcolm; "The modern belle prefers, she'll tell The world, cold cream and talcum.'
 Newark (O.) Advocate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
IF PAYS TO WORRY.

The optimistic brother
 cannot but admire, But when he's too contented
 With life to work for hire, Or mend his broken fortunes,
 As every mortal should, A dash of pessimism
 Might do him. lots of good. It might induce exertion
 He cheerfully, foregoes, Perchance bring in the money
 To pay the bills he owes, For men who never worry
 And never have a care, Are pleasant kinds of fellows, But they don't get anywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
WILD GEESE tn tha London Mar

.Y WILD GHEsE Kenneth Ashley in the London Mer- cury. Gray sky:
 Gray weather; Sad sedges sighi4g; Summer Is. dead. AutuInn Is dying. East-overhead Two great girds flying; One changing cry, A whfrry @of winxing. Two riEid necks, Four great wings swinging And then. two specks Far south. together. Fade to the eye- Grax- ee1ss, tray ekys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
Local Market 7 Easily Clutted

TIT is good to hear that Greensboro ll has all the fruit to be desired and that her housewives are doing more canning and preserving than in their history. This means appe- tizing table d'hotes in that pleasant city during the fall and winter.
 But the watermelon growers did not relish the experience of glut- ted market in Greensboro, and were offered such low prices for their product that they took the melons back home.
 Meanwhile watermelon growers from many Alabama points have shipped carload after carload through cooperative methods to the large cities and have received good prices. It has been the same with the growers of spring vegetables and those who cured sweet potatoes and brought them over to the spring market.
 It Is the easiest thing in the world to, glut the local market of any small city. The growers of beef cattle and hogs discovered this several years ago. Lowest prices were of fered for the hogs and cattle be- cause there was no competition and the market was small. As soon as these hog and cattle raisers, through the county agent, got in daily touch with the packing cen- ters and received bids on carload lots for cash, the local buyers met that price less the freight to des- tination.
 Farmers to be successful must have their own business arrange , usents for getting their products to the big markets.
 E E
 Smiths and Cohens
 Fought Side by Side
 - oMMERCE AND FINANCE
 says: "The war record shows that in our army and navy there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
AND THE TRIANGLEs.

You say he's celebrated divorce Iawyefw "Yes. He knows all the love de- tours"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
ALWAYS ONE MORE.

ALWAYS ONE MORE. This reformer says we have too many fool laws"
 That's the way to talk. What does he propose to do?"
 "He has one pet measure he wants passed. After that he says he's through"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
Smiths and Cohens
 Fought Side by Side

Hp oMMERCE AND FINANCE N says: "The war record shows that in our army and navy there were enrolled from the city of New York more Cohens than men of any other name"
 The upstate enrolment showed more Smiths, but from the. city of the largest foreign-horn population in ths world and the metropolis of ths Jewish race, the name most pfllR 1neanntersd in the rsxistsr of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
Negro Won High Estee '.

III
 Bob" Tarry, the well known negro barber who died this week was the best negro I have ever known said E. G. Chandler.
 'He has been shaving me ever since I was IS years old knew him as a boy in Athens before he came to Birmingham and he has always repre- sented what Is regarded as best in the negro. That his manner of life. his courtesy, his rood humor was ap. preciated was shown today by the floral offerings sthat followed him to his grave. Many of the leading men of Birmingham were glad to claim Bob as friend. He had a way of making and holding friends and he numbered them by the hundreds among Birmingham's best known citi- zens. .. ''Bob's passing will be sadly lament ed.. His life was an example of tho lhigh esteem negro can win for him. self among all classes of citizens and Ithere are really many of us in Bir- mingham who feel | sense of personal loss nov that he ts goas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
Generous Contribution

When we sent out our letters to the members of the Birmin sham Automobile club enclosing a coin card' asking for contributions of 50 cents to $1 for the picnic party we are going to give early next month for the dependent children of the city, we had within few days a couple of hundred answers" said President Charles G. Davis
 Since then we have had many others, among them being a s5 bill sent by Julian Kendrick, city en- gineer. with hls best wishes for a successful and enjoyable party for the kiddies.
 We are gradually perfecting our arrangements and the prospect for 1,500 children being our guests at the party makes it . pretty big order when ice cream and cake and goodies must be provided for that many children."<
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29

ONE WAY TO GET THERE. . Are you prepared to 90 on the witness stand and swear that the man you shot had wrecked your life?" asked the lawyer.
 "Certainly," replied the fair client. If 1t hadn't been for him I might be in the movies now"
 Don't worry. You may be in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29

UNUSUAL TYPE.
 "what sort of motorist is Mir Clip ping?"
 His automobile manners are al- most perfect"
 "Yes?"
 "when A citizen puts homemade No Parking sign out in front of his residence or his place of business, MT. Clipping doesn't act as if he thought the citizen were merely trying to show his skin as a sign writer"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-03
DIDN'T TAKE CENSUS
IN MIDDLE AGES FOR
FEAR HEAVEN ANCERED

1t is an interesting fact in the his
tory of census taking that although
census system was used in Babylonia
before $500 B. c., there is a long gap.
when none waa taken, from the fall of
the Roman Empire until the Eign-
teenth Century. The registrar-general
for Great Britain states that the reas-
on for this interval is that the belief
was held in the Middle Ages that he
anger of Heaven would be incurred.
which the Bible mentions as falling
upon the nation when King David
numbered the people of Judah and
Israel.
The census was perfected in Baby
lonia about $500 B. c.. each district
making its own returns before the con
solidation of the Empire and the cen
tralization Of administration about
2300 B. c.
A book compiled by Confucius in $50
B. c. dealt with the enumeration of
the Chinese. Fifteen years later a cen
sus of the Children of Captivity gives
the number a 1850, with 1887 serv
ants and PAS singing men and women
When bill for registration of the
people was introduced into the British
House of Commons in 1853 it received
strong support. and yet some oppOsi
ton. One member stated that he die
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-03
Synagogue in Which Christ
Preached is Discovered

What is regarded by many ScnolarS
as the most valuable discovery which
has yet been made by the archaeolo-
gist in Palestine is the location of the
site of the City of Capernaum. Among
its ruins have been found the remains
of a synagogue believed to be the very
one wherein the Saviour preached
For more than 1900 years the very
site of such an important Bible city
as Capernaum has been in dispute. 1t
was thought that it stood at the north
ern end of the Sea of Galilee at a
place called Tell Hum. where there
are extensive ruins. A systematic eX-
animation of these, and the discovery
of ancient documents, now make it
clear that this, indeed, was ancient
CapeTnaum.
The ruins of a Jewish synagogue
have been brought to light. EXplor-
ers say this temple stood there in the
days of Christ. and is the very build
ing referred TO in the Gospels. The
position of the stones would indicate
that it was destroyed by an earth
quake.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-03
Another Musical Program
At First M. E. Sunday

Another musical program has been
announced BY the First Methodist
church for Sunday night. The church
will present the last half of the music
memory contest program as a special
feature in its series Of pleasant Sun
Gay Evenings
The program for Sunday night
follows.
Largo from III" New World Symphony
(Dvorak) - Ensemble Orchestra.
English Horn Solo by Prof. J. +.
Maddy.
Ninuet from Don Juan lMozarD In
semble Orchestra.
Two Greuadiers tSchumann(.
Morning. and IN the Hall of the Noun
tain King, from Peer Gynt Suite
lGriegl - Ensamble Orchestra.
70 a Wild Rose CMcDowelD Piano
Solo-Mjss &. kirkpatrick.
Pilgrims Chorus from Tannhauser
(Wagner) Organ - Miss G. Kirk
patrick.
March Slav Il sChaikOWsky) -Ensem
bic Orchestra
Silent Night CGruberl - Vocal Quar-
tette.
Swing Low Sweet Chariot Negro Sptr
iuaD -Vocal-NIr Paul Steen.
Blue Danube Waltzes tStrauss) En-
sembled Orchestra
Polonaise Miluaire (Chopin) -- Nioiir
Solo by Prof Hicks.
Hallelujah Chorus, from "The Mes
siah" acknowledgements Orches
ira
Orchestra Personnel - Prof Hicks
first violin. Mr. Piehl. second violin
Prof Maddy. viola and English horn
Miss Katherine Gates. cello; Miss
Gertrude Kirkpatrick, organ.
Vocal Quartctte-M Miss DOTtha Meal
pine, Miss Agnes McFail, Mr.. T. o
Cautwell. Mr. Paul Steen.