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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
Mobile Number of the
 Gulf Ports Magazine

6RHE eyes of the industrial world U once focused on the Birmingham district as a producer of coal, ore and limestone and maker of coke, iron and steel, now extend to Mobile, where are fashioned the ships that carry the products of mines and mills to foreign countries.
 The December issue of the Gulf Ports Magazine describes strategic po- sition of Mobile with reference to shipbuilding and exports. The several articles and the many illustrations of port activities in that number do jus tice to the importance of the subject.
 In the long run Mobile is bound to profit by it's position with regard to a large producing territory. As George Lining, president of the Mobile Cham Der of Commerce, points out in the leading article, Mobile is the nearest seaport to Birmingham and Montgom- cry, Ala; Hattiesburg and Meridian, Miss; Memphis and Chattanooga, Tenn; Louisville, Ky.; St. Paul, Minn. :; St. Louis, Mo. and Des Moines and Dubuc, Ia."
 The cotton, lumber, wool, wheat, corn, iron, steel and live stock prod ucts of this great territory have their natural outlet to the world through Mobile. When that port has the fla cilities for handling the commerce that should go through it as a gateway, these products will come there for ex- port in tremendous volume.
 The far-seeing Steel Corporation placed it's southern shipbuilding yards at Mobile because that was the logical site. When Alabamians have ap- praised Mobile as the greatest indus trial minds in the nation have done, it will get all the port aid that the states credit will permit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
A BIRMINGHAM SAINT-By Frank Willis Barnett

without using any of the modern or sensational means to call attention to himself or to his work, by feeding the lambs.
 If you wish to learn the secret or his success you will find first of all that his life is one of prayer and faith. These two have dominated his every act. but coupled with them is another, for he is a tireless worker. For years he walked amongst the people. Then he got a pony and a cheap buggy. Later some friends gave him a fine gray horse and a new outfit. Now he uses a car to cover his ever growing parish.
 He is to be found in many different places. You will run across him in the homes of the poor. You will hear him at midnight at the car barns. You may find him at noon at some fire station. He is apt to be talking to lot of fac tory girls before or at the close or their work. He is known in many of the great shops. I recall being in a hospital by the bedside of well-to- do merchant from a neighboring town, when the door opened and there he stood. saying, Brother, did not know if you had any friends here, so 1 dropped in to greet you and have a word of prayer"
 
 thinQS plain why nearly a thousand people took the trouble to drop in at his church on Thursday to shake hands with him. They began coming at a. m. and there was a stream until p. m. An expensive limousine would be parked next to a Ford, for in and around the church every make of an automobile was in evidence. Rich and poor, high and low, employer and em ploye, Jew, Gentle, Catholic and Pros testant, all were represented in the callers. ,.s,s aso
 And Brother" Bryan, like saint of old, was here and there among them with words of thanks or praise or com fort. With my vivid imagination it was easy for me to see a halo about his head as his face shone with the light of the Blessed Savior. I was glad that I had left my own hearth for awhile to come into the radiant pres ence of the man of God to wish him happy New Year. Long may he live to be blessing to this community in carrying on the work of the Blessed Mas ter, whom he loves and serves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

self comfortable for the evening and had chosen a line of reading when all of sudden l remembered my promise
 to him. And so l got up and put on
 my overcoat and struck out for the
 Third Presbyterian church some two miles away. The walk gave me time
 to think something of the preacher
 who has won for himself the title of "the best beloved man in Birmingham. :"
 fsf
 At the luncheon l noted the presence Sporran and Coyle, which in itself was significant of the fact that Jew and Gentle, Catholic and Protestant were
 sitting around the table in friendly conference because they were willing
 for the moment to sink any doctrinal
 or ecclesiastical differences in order to
 meet the common needs of humanity,
 the only wish being to find the best
 way to accomplish the ends for which
 they had come together
 I realize the esteem in which the
 distinguished leaders of the different
 families of faith are held in Birming-
 out in any way reflecting upon any of
 them that in peculiar sense Brother" Bryan is the pastor -at-large of this community. It comes both from the fact that his services of move than 90 years is the longest. as well as because while a Presbyterian, his great heart has made him take upon his willing shoulders in a large way those of other communions yes, even those of none. In his years of service he has built up a really remarkable church from every standpoint The building is commodious and is ir use practically all the time. The congregation comes from near and far and is made up Of all kinds of people. It is much more than a neighborhood church, for it is a community one, and this not because it's pastor set out with any such plans when he first took charge of the field.
 Then it was merely a local affair. 
 How then did it attain it's present unique place among the churches of the district? It was not through any organization, but was by sthe work of the man with the shepherd heart who looked upon every homeless or lost sheep in the district as one to be brought into his fold. Beginning with just handful of faithful members, who believed in him and his way of doing things. he went quietly to work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

New Years Day was celebrated among the Dutch by the calls of the gentlemen on their lady friends. It is perhaps the only distinctly Dutch custom that afterward came into wide spread use in the United States.
 I am sorry that this gracious custom which fingered long in the south is falling into disuse. l can remember the time, even here in Birmingh ham, when great preparations were made for receiving during the afternoon and evening when open house was kept for the reception of callers.
 For years it was feature in the social life of my home town, Eufaula, and I well recall how anxiously the young men used to look forward to making the rounds of homes. There were homes in which the punch bowl was the central feature just as those in which good things to eat were served
 WISH lHdl tuc OlQ COlOHldl cuSLCm might be revived here, but fear in these days of jazz bands" and cab arets" and twentieth century dances and automobiles that New Years call- revived as would be the bringing back of the minuet, the quadrilles, waltzes, and carriage and horses. The young men and women have more pep" but they have lost some of the graces of life.
 This may seem a rather queer in- troduction to lead up to what I sat down to write about, and that is the reception which Brother" Bryan, for to, call him reverend" or doctor" somehow seems inappropriate, held all day on Thursday. Now he did not give it any high sounding name. He didn't even call it New Years reception, but let it go at "handshake."
 ss I met him at the luncheon given at the Tutwiler by Erksine Ramsay, state chairman of the European relief coun- cil. He said his interest was so great in the starving children of central and eastern Europe that he wanted to be present, if only for a short while, to let the chairmen and the committees know that his heart was in the move ment. He remained for bit and then went back to his own people.
 
 
 He asked me to drop by on my way home for few moments, but in the rush l overlooked it. I had made my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
THE SCARLET LETTER

Agnes Repplier, in the January Yale
 Review.
 It is not possible to read the second chapter of The Scarlet Letter" and fail to perceive one animating principle of the Puritan's life. The townspeople who watch Hester Prynne stand in the pillory are moved by no common emo tions. They savor the spectacle. as churchgoers of an cartier age savored the spectacle of a psnitent in sackclcth at the portal; but they have also sense of personal participation in the drag ging of frailtyNto light Hawthorne en- deavors to make this clear when, in an- swer to Roger Chillingworth's ques- tions. bystander congratulates him upon the timeliness of his arrival on the scene. Tt must sladden your heart. after your troubles and scjourn in the wilderness, to find yourself ssv length in "a land where iniquity is searched out and punished in the sight of rulers and people" An unfortunate speech to make to the husband of the culprit Hawthorne is seldom so ironic), but q cordial admission of content
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
A WINTER DAWN

r Clinton Scollard, in the January Forum. A bitter dawn broke bleak above the
 snow; The president east betrayed a pallid There was sobbing in the saggins
 wire That overhead depended like a bow. Along the street. in wavering to and
 fro, Before the wind in eddy and in eyre, With airy tread that never seemed to
 tire .Capered the snow-elves in elusive row. The smoke curled skyward; with a tat-
 too weird Sounded horses hoofs, the while. for- lorn, The first footfarer sprang to sudden
 view, Breathing a white cloud through ahis frostly beard; While sleepily across the cringing morn A hoarse steam siren it's reveille blew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

ure in dealing with crime after the act rather than in directing effort to the removal of it's cause.
 Americans will not admit that inher- ently shey are more criminaily disposed than the English or any other people ton here of the same measures of pre- yention and imposition of the same pen alties that are imposed abroad would doubtless bring the same results as are now secured in Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
A TRAVELLER RETURNS.


 T notice Bibbies over in corner of the lobby, surrounded by group of ad- miring friends"
 ''Yes, Bibbles is attracting more atten- tion from that particular crowd than ne would have done if he had discovered new continent"
 What is he talking about?" His experiences in Cuba"
 TEMPER MENTAL REACTIONS. While that pianist was playing I could hear the signing of winds, the murnur of waters and the warbling of birds. said the soulful person.
 You ought to see an aurist at once, replied the practical man. T heard snuff fles coughs and sneezes and radiator somewhere in the house was humping an accompaniment that was slightly off the key"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

The prohibition brethren should lose no time in Investigating the alcoholic content of "kava," consumed in the South Sea islands. In comparison with that drink southern "moonshine" is as mild as milk.
 As to whether or not Monk" East man went straight after he got out of the army, we might as well give him the benefit of the doubt. He went straight enough "over the top"
 < x *
 It is reported that Harding's choice for a private secretary is named Christian. He will need that kind of disposition if he makes success of the job.
 Washington's hotel managers report all reservations sold for the inaugura- tion. That will give boarding house keepers chance to take in the un- wary visitor.
 The Chicago News says the President of Venezuela works 19 hours a day. If that's the case the job of being his private secretary is no sinecure.
 The next war will be fought largely with poison gas and propaganda. No wonder the world wants to postpone It as long as possible.
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 If newspaper correspondents are telling the truth, Philander Knox was not modified by the hospitality he re- ceived at Marion.
 For town of about 5e,O0e people Plume has attracted far more attention than the size of its popula ton jus tihes.
 Out of consideration for his whee chair nobody has ventured to say that President Wilson is sixty four years young
 A steam calliope is the one thing lacking to make tho Harding inaugura. tion typically American event. No movie star has ever been able to hide from the public gaze as sue cessfully as President" De Valera. F E r 1 The only thing that differehtiates the new year from the old year for som, people is 2 headache. 1 E E r l If No. 10 Downing street has mad, any good resolutions for 1921 the, haven't reached Sim Fein Ireland. 1 * E l The newest type of hattleship car travel as fast as a flivver, and is abou 1 1000 times more destructive. 1 x E l At any r3.t the surrender of D'An nunzio does not brink up the vexatiou 1 question of indemrities. |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
THE NEW YEAR.

 Another year dawns, and what will you do with it? How will you build in the months yet to
 come? Will you be proud of the way you get through with it? Will you be futile and aimless ana dumb? Life is battle and the field lies before you,
 Victory attends on the brave and the strong; DarkHng or fair if the heavens bend OCT you, Enter the fray with laugh and a song
 A SERMON ON CLOTHES. What did the minister take his text fron?"
 Well" replied Mir Dubwaite, q think he was going to take his text from the Bible, but just then a young woman en- tered the church, dressed in the uiir;. modern style and tripped up to a front seat, so he took his text from her'N
 A SPECIALIST IN CREPE. Why do you avoid Buffels?' ''The man hasn't sincere bone in his body
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
sCANrY ATTIRE.

DO all the fashions come from ParisE Apparently so'
 Where do they go?"
 Judging from the modern styles, they go around by the Fiji Islands and come Rack to Paris" PAUL COOh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
JUST LIKE A PLAY

From the Louisville Courier-Journai.
 Clara Barton Smith Hamon. out on bond. will go visiting. for rest end re- covery from nerve strain. Afterward there ~ili be . prettily staged t.ial in which the late Jake" Hamol will bs made to figure as the villain In the melodrama. The heroine in melc- drama invariably lives happily ever afterward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
Military Funeral
 of Former Gangster

IMERHAPS no other lgangster ever received such honors as were paid to Monk" Eastman, at his funer- al in Brooklyn. There were whis- pers that Monk" had not "gone straight" after he returned to Ameri- ca war hero and had his citizenship restored by the governor of New York, but the concourse of people numbering thousands who gathered at an under takers little chapel seemed to think that what Monk" did for his country in France had made amends for his criminal past.
 Soldiers of the Twenty-seventh di- vision, with whom Eastman fought, escorted his body to the cemetery, to the beat of untitled drums. A firing squad fired a salute, over his grave and a bugler blew taps. Monk" was buried in soldiers uniform, vic l tory medal over his heart and two
 wound stripes on his right sleeve. Over the casket was draped an Amer l ican flag. His war record was com l mended, but his career as a gunman was mercifully ignored. There were friends and foes present, thugs of the underworld who had figured in many a bitter feud, but they were quiet
 and detectives who watched for pos sible demonstration saw nothing un-
 toward in their behavior. Eastman--his real name was De-
 laney-fell victim to some foe of
 the underworld. He was. square" ,"
 according to his strange code of ethics,
 say those who knew him best, and while there was little in his lurd
 career that could be commended, he showed the same kind of reckless
 heroism in battle that distinguished
 the Paris "Apaches." Regenerated or
 not, he "did his bit" and it is possible l in one exalted moment to atone for
 many errors.
 To have been criminal and an I
 outcast most of his life and to be
 buried in coffin draped in the Stars
 and Stripes reveals at least queer
 twist of fate. It is an ending no
 stacker ever achieved.
 l # * *
 Hon. "Strangler' Lewis is said to have practiced his headlock while other wrestlers were enjoying their summer vacations. As a result, the
 lion "strangler'' is now the idol of his
 home town.
 The thrift campaign is sinking in. Governor ell. ct Dixon of Montana called
 on. an inaugural ball, saying, T don't
 want to be the honor guest at a party lcosting s5 tickst.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
Investments of 1920 an
 Expression of Confidence

ZINE more than $16.000 .000 invested
 U in corporate enterprise in Jef- ferson county in 1921 not only broke all prior records for volume, but anal ysis- of the character of the concerns organized and adding to their capital shows the absence of anything of a purely speculative nature.
 The amount invested in this dis trict in 1920 exceedd the investment of 1919 by 143 per cent, and the com bined investment of 1918 apd 1919 by nearly 30 per cent. There is but one conclusion to be drawn. It is that the era of experimentation in industry in Birmingham has passed and the period of certainty has arrived. That is why investors are seeking the district as they have never done before.
 It is gratifying to have such large proportion of this new capital going into the concerns that have already established themselves in the indus trial world.
 The new capital invested has been an expression of confidence in Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
ADRTF'T WITH THE TIMES

"Indeed?"
 "Even when he wishes you a Happy New Year it sounds as if he were im- parting some bad news"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

A oI.p-FAsHIoNED NoT1Or

rThe coffee is good here, tho walters attentive and the music and vaudeville superior. Besides, don't think you will find more tsstefully decorated place tn the city"
 q agree with all you say" replied the visitor, who was being shown about town but occasionally I go into restaurant for the purpose of getting something to eat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
pIsPRoPoRTIoN.

Pugs. a multitude delightng, Get a heavy purse for fighting When they mingie in little gentle
 strife, While the classical professor, or a family the possessor, Cant earn that much by toiling all nis
 life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

The thrift campaign is sinking in. Governor ell. ct Dixon of Montana called on. an inaugural ball, saying, "I don't want to be the honor guest at party costing s a ticket"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

\ MORNING PRAYER
 Grant, Lord, that I may face thfs New ear unnfraid. know not ri,at burdcnS it will bring me, nor dc care, for thy strength is mine if my life is thine. Amcn.--M. $. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

Hon. "strangler' Lewis is said to have practiced his headlock while other wrestlers were enjoying their summer vacations. As a result, the lion. "strangler'' is now the idol of his home town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
Muscle Shpals Plant Will
 Benefit the Whole Count

Benefit the Whole Country d71HE Muscle Shoals plant, which
 has caused furry in the House of Representatives, Is not sectional project, as it's opponents claim. To deny an additional appropriation of f10, ,O0O, ,OO0 to continue work on the plant would be slap in the face of the agricultural interests of the en- tlre nation and another illustration of fhe short-sightedness which has pre- vented this country from preparing IF war in time of peace.
 me fight over this important prof
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

New Years Day was celebrated among the Dutch by the calls of the gentlemen on their lady friends. It is perhaps the only distinctly Dutch custom that afterward came into wide spread use in the United States.
, 1921-05-26
PRICES
FORCEDLOWER
Slight Recovery at Opening Over
come Within First Half
Hours Trading

NEW YORK Nay =-Slpporflng
orders in stceis.. equipments. motors
and representative oils at gains ex-
tending from liberal fractions to a
point. impaired a sembiance Of firm
mesa to the stock market at the outset
Of today's dealings. Within the first
half hour, however, the market re
verssd It's course on renewed selHng
pressure against certain OF the lead.
ers. Crucible and Republic Sieela.
American Car. United states Rubber.
American Wooden. Houston oil and
StromberE Carburetor reacted TO IL
points Prominent specialties. such
as American Tobacco. Corn Products.
International Paper and industrial Al
cohoi. also reacted. Preliminary rates
OF exchange on London were moder.
ately higher.
During the forenoon shorts directed
their attacks mainly against the rub
Der tire group. Those issues lost / TO
az points on further unfavorable
trade reports. Equipments made ad-
ditional recessions. notably General
Electric and Pressed Steel Car. Sew
erai of yesterdays weakest features.
also extended their losses. Secondary
in oils and a ew OF the higher priced
shares. among them Standard Oil OF
New Jersey were lower by * points.
Dealings in rails were nominal, St.
Paul preferred losing l point and At
iantic Coast line . points. cal money
opened at : per cent as against yes
terday's early rate OF 81 per cent
, 1921-05-26
GRAIN MARKET
bEAR|SH AGAIN
Reports of Rains in Southwest
Offset Bullish Reports From
Nebraska

CHICAGO. May c5--Rains in some
sections OF Kansas a n bearish e.
feet today on the wheat market Bull
tsh crop reports which cape from Ne
brsskA and Missouri led to rallies. but
failed to exercise a lasting influence.
II seemed evident that buyers We're in.
ciind to b cautious owing &c the ra-
pidity OF the recent advance of prices.
opsning quotations which varied
from &c decline to &c gain with May
s1.7sh TO si-7fE and July ti.53 to
si-I were followed by a decided gen
eral setback although interrupted by
Moderate transient upturns.
Subsequently, news of severe crop
damage in Missouri sent the wheat
market skyrocketing. May n July
deliveries both touching the highest
point yet this season. May.,in which
business was light. went nearly 10c
unsettled 2hc net lower to SIC ad-
July N.a3h to s1.52z.
Corn sagged with wheat. but later
showed independent strength. After
opening &c lower. including July
s.ss% to &ss& the market scored
something OF an advance.
Sales OF 500.o 600 bushels for export
were noted. The close was nervous
at &c and NC lower to &C advance.
with July sax q sc TO &c.
Oats were easier. governed largely
by the action of wheat. starting lHc
off TO &c W July s.4eh to s42x and
falling to hold an upturn later.
Weakness in the hig market put
some weight on provisions.
, 1921-05-26
FEARED SHE HAD
HEART TROUBLE
Mrs Peck Was Going Down
Hill Steadily Before She
Got Tanlac = Feels Fine

I've been sick more days in my
life than l have beer we'll" said Mrs.
Mary Peck, 5l4 Post street, salt Lake
City. Utah. recently. but now I feel
better than I have in a long time,
and I certainly am glad to say a good
word for Tanlac.
My state OF health became extreme
~ poor over a yea before I began
taking Tanlae, and I just kept on go
ing right on down the hill. After
meals my stomach was sour as vine
gar. and ! had an awful disagreeable
taste IN nay mouth and my God Just
would not digest properly. L had
severe headaches. awful bIiioun at.
lacks md at times the gas from my
undigcsted food pressed up into my
chest until II affected my heart, max.
ing me think ! had heart trouble.
Many times I was so sick I actually
felt like death would hold no horrors
for me-. as Il would be an end OF my
awful misery. Night after night ]
spent the time tossing around in bed
so nervous I couldn't sleep, and morn.
ings I felt completely tired out and
had no appetite at all for breakfast.
But here recently I heard about
Tanlac and started taking Il, with the
result I'm very happy over the good
Il has done me. My appetite is fine
now. and I sleep well every night and
an not troupi-u with those awful hill.
GUS attacks any more. I think 80
much of Tanlac. I expect to keep tax.
ing Il for a while yet. 1t certainly
Is a good medicine ADV.