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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
Warrior Needs Support
 of the Mississippi

MFFICIALS of the Mississippi " Warrior barge line give cogent reasons against separating the operating management of the two streams.
 They use the same terminals at New Orleans, where the bulk of our up-river tonnage, which is neces- sary to balance the southbound movement, originates.
 There are several departments, notably that of bookkeeping, oper- ated in common at sprorated ex- pense. In case of separation the Warrior would be compelled to in crease it's overhead expense for their maintenance.
 . Greatly to be desired is inter- changeable freight equipment at New Orleans for the steel, iron and lumber originating on the Warrior and grains and grain products orig mating on the Mississippi. This interchange can be better brought about through joint effort.
 It is pointed out that the War rior has not yet begun to earn a net profit, while the Mississippi has done so and the latter earnings through a common accounting, serve to offset the Warriors deficit, until it is able to make better showing The Warrior would be handicapped if we were forced to go to Wash ington to ask for help at time when we are uAdAx a crucial test.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
A MATTER OF ACCURACY

which they possibly suggested the theme" Emerson has presented the same idea in his prose writings, notably in his essay on "Compensa- tion." The lines have been so much quoted that Kipling no doubt felt that there was no danger of a mis- understanding, but in future editions it may be well to put the unwary on their guard.
 A perusal Of Bartlett reveals the fact that the great poets often re- peated each other in ideas if not in exact language. Longfellow wrote: Saint Augustine, well hast thou said.
 That of our vices we can frame A ladder if we will, but tread
 Beneath our feet each deed Of |, shame"
 Bartlett appends note to this showing the exact idea repeated in Tennyson's Tn Memoriam." q hold in truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones. That men may rise on stepping
 stones
 Of their dead selves to higher things"
 Another note follows the Tennyson verse, making citation to Longfellow, and stifl another stating on the au- thority of clergyman of the Church of England, who said, Lord Tenny- son himself, though he could not identify the passage" told him that he alluded to Goethe. Tennyson wrote in respect to the passage. Its Goe- the's creed" No one else appears to have been able to identify the pass age" in the writings of the German poet.
 A new idea is something very rare, and men absorb ideas sometimes un- consciously and without remember ing their source. but the repetition of exact language is not so likely to be accidental.
 Everyone knows that Rudyard Kip Hing has lacked nothing in originality. He would be the last of writers to suspect of plagiarism. These New York editors that have criticized MT. Edison's plan of test ing the accuracy of his employees i'm formation seem to be revealing their own needs in that respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
Ebb and Flow of
 Convict Population

F1HE record of the convict popu-
 lation of Alabama at stated periads affords food for thought on xhe part of the psychologist and the Sriminologist. The number of con- yicts in Alabama on the dates speci- fled was as follows; Today, 2,701; July, 1920, 2,31O; April, 1919, 2.1s3 March, 1919, 3,269.
 One cannot explain this ebb and flow of convicts without studying the conditions prevailing at the vari Sas epochs but it is plain that the largest number was reached during fhe depression that followed the brcaking out of the World war and cue improvement resulting from the slump in cotton prices and ravages af the boil weevil.
 armers could not support their ls and before high wages drew
 negroes to manufacturing estab-
 ments, there was period when
 maintained themselves as best
 could without regard for, the
 
 IS of others.
 Nndreds of negroes, who would
 Agwise have been in the convict ups, were bailed out in the busy months of 1918 and 1919 and put to work at good wages.
 The convict population has again mounted Sin response to conditions brought onA by the war, which made their appearance last year. Not least among these evils was a reck- less disregard for human life and lsnvf,lingness to resume normal waS4 of lying at normal wages. li is encouraging, however, to real Sizs thst in spite of the ills that came cn tfe heels of war, She num- Der of convicts in Alabama is now far below that of 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
RUSSIA TAMES THEM

From the San Francisco ChronicIe
 Russia James them. In these peace ful United States Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman played with dreams of dynamite explosion big enough to blow the government to atoms and sweep the country to one red level. In Russia, among the ruins left by just such a cataclysm, their dreams run only on the secure United States, an American Thanksgiving even the comparative happiness of American jails.
 So they dream when they can spare their wits from the ever-present task of eluding the poison or the danger of the soviet's secret police. For reds who fecant when they have seen the thing in it's horrible reality are not popular in Russia.
 Goldman and Berkman were indis- erect enough to let it be known that the horror and misery they found in Russia were not what they had ex- ptCtcu lTOIn CinOTnunlSIn. Iney were unwise enough to tell their friends that the spectacle of free" Russia made them homesick for jail in the enslaved United States. Such talk Is capital crime in soviet land.
 But. as we have seen from the ac- count by their friend. Joseph kucera,
 in Mondays issue of the Chronicle. the soviet does not dare arrest and execute them. That would be too obvious an advertisement of the fact that the two best-known anarchists in the world had been revolted by the horrible failure of communism. So the soviet treats them well and watches them. And under that watch Emma and Alexander live in constant deadly fear of poison, the knife and tkat still more stealthy death, a cul- ture of fatal germs.
 No wonder Emma is now "a good girl" and talks no more. No wonder her mind is said to be breaking. That, too, may not be beyond the soviet's calculations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
Better in Country

hear good news from the coun- tryd said Wyndham Mason, the shoe man. My trade is largely industrial and company stores have been buyins from hand to mouth and will do so a while yet, but my travelling sales men friends who make the country give me reports of better business and more cheerful tone. That is the best news, because when it is good In the country, it is bound to wind ur by being good in the city.
 AS for the industries. they feel the trend, and I have no doubt that we will begin seeing actual results just as soon as the crops begin go- ing to market and the money derived therefrom finds its way0o the cities and the industries"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
Birmingham, August IS, 1921.
STATEMENT BY JOHN B. REID

 To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 The writer upon return to Birming- ham from Chicago has noticed on the front page an article stating that John B. Reid and $. M. Anderson were questioned by federal authorities in reference to ownership of certain bonds.
 I wish to state that the writer was not questioned by any federal au- thorities on any matter, but we un- derstand that the authorities were trying to locate a party concerned with some illegal transactions by the name of Reed, and upon learning the residence of the writer and his mis- sion. the federal authorities gave written statement that they were not interested in the matter of the bonds issued by our company or transac- tions. This communicated and deliv- cred to Mir. Ray J. Emerson. attorney for our company in Chicago at that time. The Reed wanted was con cerned with the recent Warrington transactions in Chicago.
 Your correction of this item win be appreciated. Yours very truly,
 JOHN B. REID.
 Birmingham. August 16,- 1921
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
DeValera Insists on
 Complete Independence

ETHE door has not yet been l closed to further negotiations Between the British government and Sim Fein Ireland, but it is ad- lnitted on all sides that the si;ua- ton at present is grave, if not men Acing.
 Lloyd George offered !,e Valera practically dominion government for Ireland, but with certsn reser- vations deemed necessary to safe guard the integrity and salty O.: the British empire. The British terms Ls.ude autonomy in finance ard taxation, police and military 1ortes for home defense and con t5o. of industry and the educational sra postal systems. Great Brit ain insists on control of the seas about Ireland, no trade restrictions, no abrogation of the powers and privileges granted to Ulster, save hy her consent, and participation of Ireland in the British national debt.
 De Valera demands the complete Independence of Ireland and agrees to abrosate the share Ireland shall take in the British debt. On this rock, unless there is a rapid change If front, may be wrecked the whole scheme to establish lasting peace ketween the Irish republicans and Britain. Lloyd George has made great concessions, and there is no equivocation in his proposal. It is q Straightforward and friendly sppsal for two countries to get to- aether instead of pulling in opposite directions.
 Ireland would do well to heed the aneihla advice of Jan Shuts, who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
os--------- WISE FARMERS

From the Topeka Capitol.
 A travelling salesman who deals di- rectly with farmers comes in from with the report that the farmers are not talking politics; they are not knocking or kicking about s,ue times: they are saving wood and hoping for better times. Instead of preaching their grievances. says the observer. the farmers want you to look at their stock, and they talk about their im- mediate affairs, if anything. They are interested in the days work and making the best of things as they are. If farmer talks about farm troubles and grievances he is likely to wind up with the opinion that "We must find the solution ourselves. Ws won't get it out of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
Better Hotel Buxtnes.

T see 1t coming" said William Corning of the Morris hotel. Not very much of betterment yet in the movement of travelling men and the like who support the hotels, but suf- ficient to clearly show that the corner has been turned and that we are now headed to improved bust ness conditions It has been coming this way for about two weeks.
 The new good times will be bet ter than those good times that came out of the artificial conditions of The war Then we all made money too easily. We come to the next period of goor business considerably chas- tened and with an appetite for economy and thrift such as we have never had before.
 Farmers, first and hardest hit, have made crops with least money and are in much finer shape then they thought they would be. I have friends just back from the east who report lack of pessfmism up there for the first time
 Hotels are good barometers of all business, For that reason as well as personal ones 1 am glad to see the improvement there"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
WHAT HE DESERVES

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Sticking steadfastly to our deep rooted objection to lynching for the most atrocious of familiar crimes we suggest the suitability of burning at the stake as punishment for the au- thor of the just-announced song: They Wanted Song Bird in Heaven so God Took Caruso Away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
Works For Roads

T keep in close touch with Bir- m;ngham," said L. Cook of Pell City, for I lived near it for many years and tave seen it get it's wonderful growth. They call me good roads crank, and l reckon l am, if con stanly working and talking for roads entities me to the name
 The state highway commission has ordered survey of the road from the Coosa bridge by way of Easonvile, Pell City, Cook Springs and Brompton to Leeds. It vii, be the connecting link of the Bankhead highway be- tween Talladega and Jefferson coun- ties through St. Clair. I am hoping and praying that Governor Kilby will hurry up and call an extra session of the legislature so that "good roads may have it's day in court once more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
|. MOTHER EPITAPH

ANOTHER EPITAPH Struck down amid lifes busy whirl. His heart friends say, was true as
 steel;
 But when he tried to hug the girl He lost his hold on the steering
 wheel.
 MAINTAINING ONES DIGNITY Should a golf player have a sense of humor?"
 Certainly" said Mir. Dubwaite. He should at least be able to laugh pleas antly when his caddy snickers, thus creating the impression that while he may not be much of golf player he has other accomplishments that would elicit applause if he cared to show them.p
 SPIES EVERYWHERE How is the patient progressing? ?" Doing as well as could be ex- pected."
 Able to receive visitors yet? Come around in about three days" Thanks, I certainly will" Overhearing this conversation you would naturally suppose that some body was recovering from a serious complaint. As a matter of fact, citi- zens who engage in home brewing can't be too careful about discussing it on street corner.
 OVERSIGHT, PROBABLY Wonderful realism in this movie" "Yes@
 There's the coliseum
 Yes, and there's section of Los Angeles right behind it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16

From the Nashville Banner
 6N1HE NEW YORK EVENING POST founded and edited for many years by William Cullen
 Bryant, and that has maintained a
 reputation for literary precision, is adroitly called to order by the New
 York World, less pretentious regard ing that manner of accuracy. The World remarks:
 Says the revered Evening Post edi-
 torally: "Kipling has said, When
 the half-gods go, the gods arrive;"
 which recalls another famous saying of kilping: Whether it Is better to
 suffer the slings and arrows of out rageous questionings or go to Bart lett and find the answers to 'em."
 The World perhaps consulted Bart lett and found the lines the Post
 quoted therein attributed to Elm
 erson. kipling's star came into as cendancy after Bartlett had compiled
 his famous Familiar Quotations;" otherwise the old Boston book store
 man would, after his usual custom,
 have appended a footnote to the
 Emerson verse showing that kipling also used the lines with which the
 Evening Post credited him.
 The Springfield (Mass.) Republican. that retains more of the old-time scholarly savor than most modern
 newspapers. puts its New York con- itemporaries right as follows:
 In discussing Lord Bryce's remarks at Williamstown on the falsity of the
 saying that "the hour brings the man" the New York Evening Post observes: "Kipling has said: When the half
 gods go, the gods arrive.'" This is perfectly true. but not quite the whole truth. The last three lines of Em- erson's Give All to Love are:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
LLOYD GEORGE GETS HAIR CUT

From the PToV1uehce JouFnaI. -7- - !
 Some astonishment is reported to have been created at the gathering of the supreme council by the appear ance of the British prime minister with his well known hair trimmed close. Has Mir. Lloyd George forgot ten what happened toSthe shorn sam son7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
------ses---- POINTED PARAGRAPHS

T roin tHe Snicago NeWS.
 The king can do no wrong; if the other fellow holds four aces.
 What every woman knows How to manage her daughters husband.
 Talk is so cheap that most of it ha s to be disposed of at a big discount.
 An old bachelor says that marrias e is the permanent injury that resui.s from falling in love.
 N Give the average man half chance to talk about himself and he will de- liver the goods.
 Some folks would judge the popu- | larity of an actress by the flowers she presents to herself. Some women get red in the face from modesty, some from anger and others from the druggist |k Every man likes to have it, said that his bAs,S look islse him. but Ee,s | mad if told < z stssneass the aby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
THE THRUSH

By Clinton Scollard. Now that the evening airs grow f2inf. And the woods are in a swoon, The wood thrush lifts it's poignauf
 plaint
 Against the rose gold moon. It sounds the same note OCT an3 o'er & Reiterate and slow, Which seems the burden Atys bore Tn glades of long ago. The strains as from harp of go 2 Are waited clear and strong; lItn. Q. to capture and to hold N This w.andsrtyss E. aa'.fI ht song
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Dr. Bnrnett,r sermon

Not within the past ten years have heard such powerful sermon as that delivered Sunday morning at Highlands Methodist church by Dr. Frank Willis Barnett" said Lige Chandler T don't except any ser mon delivered by anybody in this city during that time.
 'Dr. Barnett is just natural born preacher; his voice and his delivery are splendid and as an evangelist he would make the greatest sort of sue cess.
 T have often wondered why his church hasn't tried to induce him to follow evangelism as his speciality Sunday his theme, The Unknown God was forcefully and intellect ually worked out and his audience sat in rapt attention at the words he uttered
 "Dr. Barnett is very gifted man, not only being an impressive speaker but his column. Men, Women and Things in The Herald is splen- didly written and as widely read as any feature of the paper. pr. Bar nett mas large following whether he is using his talented pen in the cause of human uplift or his appeal ing voice from the pulpit in behalf of his fellow man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16

strength of the people of the Mis- sissippi valley and the Warrior pull ing together for the two rivers. The Warrior needs cooperation, not sev- erance from the Mississippi.
 < # x
 The new jag tariff in Chicago is as follows; Plain drunks, s5 noisy drunks. s5; drunks who go to slceo in public places, s5; drunk and wish ing to fight, s2O; drunk and fighting, s1o to s25. to which should be added a fine of s225O for trunks who fight and set whipped
 # # #
 Mir. Edison, an inveterate smoker ot cigars, says tobacco is not harmful except when smoked in cigarettes. The wizard" is just like the rest Of us. There's all the difference in the world between your habit and my habit.
 You wouldn't think motoris. would care particularly about bump ing into a barrel full of concrete, but the conditions of most of the traffic signs on Birmingham's boulevards shows that to be just another fond Jan Shuts advice to Sim Fein Ire land was so good, so sensible and so wise that it should have been take tn to heart, but it seems to have met the fate of most advice that is worth while
 Just when it was getting to be safe for a British soldier to take stroll in Dublin, DeValera informs Lloyd George that he can't see dominion rule for Ireland.
 # # #
 The Age -Herald's London cores pondent says Lloyd George speaks for the British people, But he pays due regard to his own political wei fare.
 Judging from the reports we hear, 1A al o1A 4lx, Rhine are just about as homesick as tired business man in Cuba, * < +
 After a few more rounds with Ca ruso's relatives Mrs. Caruso may de- eide that life in America has it's com- pensatons.
 It may soon be necessary to estab- | fish traffic laws for motor boats ply : ing between floating bars and the shore
 That flood of beer and liquor pour ing into the United States from Can ada makes Niagara falls look like a mere trickle.
 x # # Lawyer Obenchain who rushed out to Jos Angeles to defend his wife who discarded him must have for givins; nature.
 # + + The report that Lenine is beloved ! by the Russian people will have to De submitted to several acid tests before we'll believe it.
 # # New Jersey rcformers jumped al the chance to make a great mora tissue out of Tex Richards stadium. | When the output reaches 100000 | flivvers a month a pedestrian will be almostsa scarce as the dodo. # !. E
 The rumor persists that MT Demr- sey is going to marry. We have our condolences ready for the bride. *. < < | What with bobbed skirts, hobbed bathing suits and, bobbed hair, this is an age of curtailment. |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
sCARINc THE PEOPLE

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 The doctors use cancer to scare .the people; the politicians use war; the preachers. hell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
Heartily knuows, When half-gods go. The gods arrive.

There is, however, no question of plagiarism involved; Kipling's use of a famous passage was a borrowing of a legitimate sort. and in the 1904 edi- tion of Emersons works the editors made upon this poem the comment: The last two lines of the poem are used by Kipling in remarkable manner in his beautiful allegory The Children of the Zodiac for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
WITH THE CORNER OF HIS EYE

From the Boston Transcript.
 A Scotch laborer was slipping out wet his whistle when he ran into the boss.
 "Hailo.v said the latter pleasantly, were you looking for mel?
 ''Ay.s replied Sandy, T wis lookin' for ye. but didna wAnt tae find ys."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
A MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER
 When I dare not pray to thee, Lord, for the blessings of which am aII unworthy, then let me thank thee for the blessing which | have unworthily received: Amen. M. $. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16
s an age of curtailment.
THE ACTOR AS AN ARTIST

From William Winters "Vagrant Memories.
 The members of the dramatic pro- fession, whether in Great Britain or America, are indebted to Henry Irv- ing more than to any other person of their profession for the esteem, whether practical or theoretical. in which their calling is held because it was Henry Irving who made it un- derstood that the actor is not a mountebank. but gentleman and a scholar, and that the theatre is one of the most potent agencies of civili- zation. That is an important fact, and one which should be kept in re- membrance. If there were no solid basis for the theatre, if it possessed no title to public respect, inherent in it's essentiality 10 the public welfare, it would at once sink to the level of mere trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16

What every woman knows: How to manage her daughters husband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16

Talk is so cheap that most of it has to be disposed of at big discount.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16

You wouldn't think motoris. would care particularly about bump ing into a barrel full of concrete, but the conditions of most of the traffic signs on Birmingham's boulevards shows that to be just another fond delusion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-16

Jan Shuts advice to Sim F'ein Ire land was so good so sensible and so wise that it should have been taKe to heart, but 1t seems to have met the fate of most advice that is worth while