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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27

From the New York World.
 6f1HE British government in It's
 note formally accepting Presi-
 S dent HardIngss invitation to 8 disarmament conference expresses the confident hope that this conter- ence, approached, as 1t will be by all concerned, in a spirit of courage, friendliness and mutual understand ing, may achieve far-reaching results that will be conducive to the pro- sperity and peace of the world"
 These are fair words that match those of Secretary Hughesi in appeal ing to "the spirit of friendship" In solving the problems that will be submitted to the conference. but the situation demands something more potent than words. It demands men who are sincerely and honestly seek ing a settlement of the armament question and of the issues that rs- late to it. Is tho United States gov ernment to be represented by such men?
 
 confidence in the Integrity of the conference was dealt by President Harding himself when he selected Henry Cabot Lodge to be the second member of the American delegation. Senator Lodge has done more to iis- turb the peace of the world than any other man since the abdication of the German Kaiser. He does not at heart believe in disarmament. as h!s speeches prove. He is militarist and imperialist who has never in all his public career shown any sym pathy with the aims and ideals of the conference that Mir. Harding has summoned. Nor has he the diplo- matic talents or qualifications that fit him for task of diplomatic con- ciliation.
 MT. Lodge is a wrecker. a destroy CT, a plotter, never a constructive statesmen. 1t is related tsaat Prcst- dent Charles w. Eliot cf Harvezu once said of him. T hava xaown Cabot Lodge Ali his lifs and { never knew him to have . Eensxora sano- tion;" yet unless there ;s scsne tnts on all sides that at least ressnss1s generous emotion, the disarrArgnsi' ! conference is doomed in advance .0 | failure.
 ] Mir. Lodge will be the most poNsr' ! full member of the American q s'ee Y ton. in spite of the taSt that h'i nams is 10 Appear second cn tiss 9ls, of American representatives. Mp I Hushes will represent only tss stats depArtfnent and . wAysfins hscee- tain President. MT. LodNs ~iii spsas not merely As member sf inc dsas'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
want Roads Maintained

''The country people want assur- ances that roads are to be main tained before they vote bonds" said Mrs. W. B. Edmundson of Decatur, whot attended the placing of the marker on the Bankhead highway at the Tutwiler yesterday
 Ideas of roads have become up to date and the farmers know just what they want. Any kind of road does not go with them and they do not wish to spend money on roads that are not kept in repair.
 "They want the kind of roads that will get their farm products to the cities every day in the year, and year after year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
WIND. WIND

Kenneth Slade filling, in Leslie's wind. wind. you like to 70 in silver
 best. Ns& In rain that slistens or moonlight
 that gleams. In sultry summed meadows you will
 rest From furbishing the stars and
 fetching dreamN To garland children's slumbers. On
 the sea
 You run for hours beside BuMs
 winged ship, And hide in apple branchss cun-
 ninsly, Where one by one you let the ap.
 pies slip In autumn's lap. You are me tirst 70
 find Sky-paie hepAtica In Apr sieses. Forever wandering with 2 lyric ln'ra. Companion of tho sgHiighi. srent Fortunes your song, ssssataht whsn .s you are swinging The holy hAllA In thrust as' shrosts
 to ringine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
Building Homes

"Residence buying has increased
 sharply within the last few months in Birmingham" declared Robert Jcmison. IT.. yesterday. Architects say they are busy preparing plans for new homes in all sections of the city. Good lots arc much in demand
 f'Few high-class lots are yet for sale in Birmingham, the activities of the last year or so having ndr- rowed the number down. Developed property is being sold at present foe prices on | parity with tho original cost sveral years before the war. Truly. building is on the boom in Bir-
 mingham, with more and more per- sons obtaining homes of their own."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
Coal. Iron and Cror. .

T am glad to be able to say that in spite of what promised to be a serious drouth. the crops on my farm are the best I have ever had said T. T. Jones, who lives near Leeds.
 T have never known sweet pota toes at this time of the year to be so fine. I got plants from south Geor- gla from an inspected bed and they have proven to be excellent. My corn, velvet beans and sorghum are all in fine shape, and will give me a great yield. Tam getting ready to try out some clovers and will also experiment. with alfalfa. Jefferson county, the greatest mineral county in the state, is at the same time a good farming section"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
A * x Another Vagary in Regard to Cotton

~ ENERAL adoption of the pro NI gramme of those who have urged that no cotton be planted next year would be unwise. The induce ment offered for this course of ac- ton is .not sound. Its proponents say they would stop the boil weevil and they would wait on the disap- pcarance of the cotton surplus.
 The loss inflicted by having no cotton to sell would be greater than the loss inflicted by the weevil and it cannot be proved that years failure to plant cotton will eliminate the pest.
 Cotton is valuable farm product when raised in right proportion and marketed as the producer markets his other products. When cotton is handled as sweet potatoes and sor- ghum are handled it will bring sat- isfying results. It will never do that when it is the farmers only crop. Neither would corn as sole reli- ance
 Should farmer quit raising cat tie because the price is. not always right! Have not peanuts had their ups and downs? Iron and steel have been sold at a handsome profit and they have been made and sold this year total loss Merchants do not make money on everything they sell, but they have a variety of articles which are disposed of at an average profit.
 The south has looked on cotton too much as something to gamble in. That is not the case now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
Lynching No Longer
 a Sectional Crime

. ~ COMMENTING on the fact that N negroes accused of assaults on white women were protected from mobs at Nashville and Barnstable, Mass, the Brooklyn Eagle says, "So long as negroes were few in the north and white women were in no danger from them, lynching had a sectional aspect which has disap- peared in. view of outbreaks of race violence in the north and west in recent years"
 It is a rather striking coincidence that lynching should have been threatened in the state of Massa- chusetts, one would think one of the most unlikely spots in the whole union, about the same time that the old southern city of Nashville had a similar disturbance, and in both cases further trouble was prevented by the firm attitude of the authori- ties, not one whit more vigilant in Massachusetts than they were in Tennessee.
 While the crime of lynching has lost it's sectional aspect, as the Eagle declares, the south will not relax it's efforts to check this form of violence which does not stop at punishing rape, but includes other offenses. Recently in Bibb county, Alabama, negro who confessed to a most atrocious crime was given military protection, speedily tried and sentenced to death, although there was strong sentiment for lynching him. In this case the au- thorities did their duty and there was no burning at the stake, which would probably have been the ne gro's fate.
 In nearly every instance little forethought and little courage will cool the ardor of mob. The cle- ment of risk has been put into lynchings and it is having a salu- tary effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
Confederate Veterans
 Have Not Been Forgotten

A NUMBER of southern news A papers, and one as far as New York have endeavored to con- sole the Confederate Veterans, who have not been invited to hold their annual reunion this year.
 Some of the veterans may feel that their services have been forgot ten and they arc no longer desired as guests. That is not the case. It is more probable that cities which are entitled to have 8, Confederate reunion this year and would have extended an invitation are suffering under the universal blight--the aftermath of the World war which is now being felt throughout the United States
 It requires considerable sum of money to entertain the veterans in a style that will do fitting honor to them and reflect credit on the city where reunion is held. This ex- pense must be regarded largely as free will offering since Confed- crate reunions are not profitable. No one wants them to be, as they are not money-making ventures. But with economic conditions as they are at present, most of the southern cities probably do not feel that they could make success of Confed- crate Veterans reunion although we should not jump to the ccnclu- sion that they have become indif- ferent to the survivors of the Host Cause"
 Birmingham has entertained the veterans several times and hopes to do so again, but this year we have | semi-centennial celebration on our hands,.
 z Y @
 The Russian peasant doesn't miss | free vresG. but xussian writers do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
A FOOLISH QUESTION
the Arkansas Gazette.

From the Arkansas Gazette
 It seems that some motor car tour ists are passing through Arkansas without stating their names and their business. An Arkansas native can't stand that kind of exclusiveness.-- Birmingham Age Herald.
 We can't understand this. The charge Is true only in the moonshine country and no moonshiner has to ask an Alabamian, "whats yer business in these parts. stranEsr?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27

sippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and California. This means its earliest possible construction with federal aid.
 By April highway approved and contracted for along this 3,600-mile stretch totaled 1,411 miles and since that time more than $50 miles have been approved and building has either been started or completed. Birmingham occupies the most stra- tegic point on this thoroughfare, be- ing the pivotal point, as northbound and southbound travel makes the loop from the east to the west and vice versa.
 This is also the point where the Bee Line highway will intersect the Bankhead highway on the route between Florida and Nashville. With the Bankhead and Bee Line high ways connecting Birmingham with the inland north, south, cast and west and the canalized Warrior connecting it with the gulf and the outside world little more is needed by this section in the way of facili- ties for travel and transportation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27

OUT IN THE COLD The conductor acts as If he owned this train"
 Well, you can't blame him much" said the tired stockholder. He gets his salary regularly every month, while we stand around and whistle for our dividends. SOMETHING NEW IN CONSTRUC-
 TIoN.
 T want you to draw up plans for a half million dollar mansion" said the new millionaire.
 Certainly, sir" replied the archi- tect, pleased at the prospect of a large fee. "Tll start to work right away"
 q also want a pergola." That can be arranged very easily" And, remember, I want that per- gola equipped with the most modern plumbing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
NO END TO IT

NO END TO IT Mrs. Grabcoin says she belongs to the cognosoenti," remarked Mrs. Cad der. superciliously.
 "Oh, dear!" exclaimed Mrs. Wad- leigh. will I never be able to keep up with that woman in the race for social supremacy? That's another club I'll have to join"
 PAUL cook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Laird Praise. John.ton


 T remember in the old days that a certain newspaper boasted the claim that it was Birmingham's prophet" said Henry W. Laird of Atlanta. Tt might have been said then, and it may be said now, that Dick John ston is Birmingham's prophet, for no man who has ever written for her press has so fully and so expres- sively sensed the spirit of the com. munity.
 "Outside of Birmingham, in the in- dustrial centers of the country, Dick Johnston's surveys of conditions in Birmingham, his analysis of the busi- ness situation from time to time, his forecasts, are read and followed. His articles repose in more business scrapbooks, perhaps than those of any other writer, and decisions to do or not to do hang more often on what Dick says than on any of the con fidential reports.
 Dick Johnston is deep student and profound scholar, whose best work is about rough pig iron, fuzzy billets of steel, dirty tons of coal. Not long ago one of the editors of a national magazine paid tribute to the reporter, the rare reporter, who sees all and Is able to tell about it, and I thought of Dick Johnston. His talent, his easy flow of language, his intimate knowledge of the mean ing of words, fit him for the pro- foundest of the publications. I'm willing to say, without fear of anybody putting me in the Ana nias society, that Dick Johnston is. and has been for years, Birmingham's s greatest prophet, and one of its most important assets. He Is saturated with the industrial facts of the dis trlct They assemble, trot out. jump through at his command. He knows them, and they know him. Not of iron or of steel, or coal, or limestone, or ore, is Birmingham made and maintained, but of all these, and Dick Johnstons ability to tell about them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
 A word to the otherwise is wasted. Monographs have injured the market for parrots.
 Temptation is the balance in which character Is weighed.
 wisdom is always known by ths company 1t keeps out of.
 The man who marries nowadays usually finds himself welded to art. It's poor brand of virtue that goes around seeking temptations. Why does it never occur to boy that he will some day know as iit- tie as his father?
 Vices are among the oldest things on record and yet history chronicles the loss of not | single one.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
NEW sCAPEGOAT NEEDED rom the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the CincinnAi EhquireE.
 Are soft drinks responsible for the delure of crime and immortality which seems about to submergs us since the advent of prohibition? The prohibitionists have to put the blame on something.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27

FAR FROM IT Are you careful driver?" My last employer, sir, used to say he couldn't get homo without me" well, I'm not a drinking man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
pid Not Notc For Diil

T want to correct the impression crca ted at Wylam Wednesday night to the effect that I voted for the public utilities bill at the legislative session in Montgomery last year." this measure, or oslng 1t all the way through. When Mir Dinsmore dis cussed this matter at Vivian, I am sure he did not include me among those he criticized"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

A BLIGHTED CAREER Gladys Gladeyes, on the stage Was reputed quite the rage. Then she into pictures went Said it was her proper bent. The director, heartless brute, Kept her In a bathing suit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
NO SEX APPEAL.

"ouite good choking scene in this movie"
 T wonder how 1t got past the censor?"
 t"As I understand the plot, the her cine is being choked for money. not for love-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27
I.AoT WORD ON AUGUST

From the Montgomery Advertiser. <
 Ausust is | bum month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27

SWITCHING FACILIg uE Did understand you to say sen- ator snorthsworthy has single u ack mind?" You did not. Judging from tho number of times the senator has re- versed himself on important ques- tions his mind must resemble rail- road yard"
 LITTLE THINGS
 Little drops of glucose,
 Little drops of ink,
 With some acid tablets,
 Nave a ''temp'rsnce drink" Chicago Herald and Examiner. When the drink Is swallowed
 Dreadful qualms ensue; Which is why some people
 Much prefer home brew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27

It's a poor brand of virtue that goes around seeking temptations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27

Tho man who marries nowadays usually finds himself welded to art
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-27

The Russian peasant doesn't miss | free yresa. but xussisn writers do.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-05-11

ing money freely in grading First St..
North to the lake and High avenue
connecting same with Sperry's addi-
ton. They are setting out trees along
the boulevards and are making at
tractive property for future home
builders. A petition to grade a num-
Der of streets in Sperry's addition
was presented at last Monday nights
meeting of the council. Willmar citi-
zens cannot afford to longer neglect
the lake which lies at their DOORS
Other cities would be glad to have the
opportunity Willmar has to improve
a body of water of such possibilities
as Foot Lake presents It's irregular
shape, beautiful bays, wooded PENN
sulas and location adapt themselves
to a handsome natural park system,
and no opportunity should be lost to
make use of them. The time to &C.
quire and extend the public rights on
the lake is now or they will never be
acquired owing to prohibitive cost. :
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-05-11
DCVRE

= May 1OMr. and Mrs. Albin Bjork,
daughter Violet and son Clifford and
Mr.. j. ]. Bjork visited Sunday after
noon with Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Gustav.
son at Willmar.
+ Christ Bitterness of Willmar spent
Sunday with his daughter and son-in.
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Miner.
The Long Lake Ladies Aid meets
Thursday, May IL, with Mrs. Carl Hol,
seth.
Mrs. Leslie Backlund visited Satur
day afternoon with Mrs. C. E. Tom
meraasen at Willmar.
Lydia Birkeland spent last week
with her brother, C. T. Birkeland.
Mrs. John E. Bitterness and sor
Harry called at Mrs. C. E. Tommer
aasen's at Willmar Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. N. B. Leines autoed
to Benson Sunday to visit relatives al
that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Bitterness, sons
Earl and Palmer, of New London Wis
tied Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Joh1
Bitterness.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Dokken spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Eklund at Will
mar.
Cecilia Bjork who has been assist
ing Mrs. Alfred West with the work
returned to her home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Lundberg an,
sons John, William and Burton an,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z Tommeraasen o
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-05-11
LAKE ri LIAM

MAY 9-Artnur PETERSON was
tWillmar caller on Monday I
Mrs. Carl Lindquist entertained the
Ladies' Aid on Wednesday afternoon,
Bill and Oscar. johnson called al
the Lawrence Anderson home on
Wednesday evening. ~ i ..5= II. i.
+ MRS. e. p. Erickson and family at,
tended the meeting in the Mission
church at Willmar on Wednesday
evening. IL - IT,. !. ! z. Z zs )
i Ruby Erickson spent Sunday i with
Hazel Peterson. ~ Is IS. !: :. 4.
T Wilhelm Johnson's moved to their
| new home in Thorpe the first of the
week.
Fred Berglund returned from Min
| neapolis on Tuesday after months
stay there. -. ~ = i
Eddie johnson was a pleasant cal
Ter at l.. Anderson's Sunday after
noon. 80.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Norling were
Willmar callers on Saturday.
4 Mr. and Mrs. John E. Johnson anG
, Mr.: and Mrs. John Sundin were en-
tertained for supper at August John
sons in Svea on Sunday.
/ Mabel Johnson of Willmar spen
the week end at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. George Anderson.
Mrs. Carrie Johnson and son Dicl
and daughter Cecilia we're Willmal
callers on Monday.
Il Ernest Anderson assisted will
some work at Carrie Johnson's las
week.
Ruby Erickson visited with, Ameli:
Mussle from Thursday to Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George o. Anderson
accompanied by Mabel Johnson spen
Sunday in Willmar.
Anna Sundin spent Friday at tn.
Lawrence Anderson home.
MIR. and Mrs. Oscar Linman ant
family and Estelle Galliford from
Willmar were entertained for dinner
at Mrs. Carrie Johnson's on Sunday
George H. Anderson called at O
Blomquist's Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson en-
tertained a large number of friends
last Thursday evening in honor o
Amelia Muscle.
Blanche Strandberg visited her sis
ter, Mrs. Victor Norling, from Sunda!
| to Monday. a.
i Irene Erickson, daughter Of Mr. an.
i Mrs. August Erickson, passed ava!
i last Sunday morning in a hospital il
/ Will1har after four days illness will
i appendicitis.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-05-11
] RosEI uI,IAN

May 9-Mrs. A. O. Renstro1n and
son Raynold visited at E. Rosen's on
Monday. 6 {. Il. t=es.. =.
+ Miss Florence Bulge was reported
on the sick list few days last week
30 the program at Dist. 90 which was
to have been held last Saturday eve
was postponed until some time this
week \ -.
A large crowd attended the pro-
gram at the Baptist church last Fri
day evening. A very interesting pro-
gram was. rendered including speech
made by Mr.. K. C. Meyers on the
topic: ''If l Were Twenty-one."
Mr.aand Mrs. Albert Lundquist OF
Willmar were visitors in this vicinity
last Wednesday.
{ Miss Florence Bulge and George
Anderson visited at A. o. Renstrom's
Wednesday evening"
+, MT. and Mrs. P. ]. Gibson and dau
ghter Efie were Willmar visitors last
Wednesday.
Mrs. P. NJ Renstrom and daughter
Myrtle visited at E. Rosen's Friday
Mr.. and Mrs w. A. Lindquist and
| daughter Mrs. Annette Eastman Wis
tied at P. ]. Gibson's Wednesday eve
Mabel Johnson of near Kandiyoh
spent the week end at George O. An
derson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. julius and dau
ghter Adeline of Fairfax spent a few
days, last week at the o. Blomquis
home.
Word was received at the A. O
Renstrom home Monday that the 81,
months old baby girl of Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Renstrom at Minneapoli:
Idied that morning.
r Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Westerberg O.
HSvea visited at P. J. Gibson's Thurs
day evening.
7 Mr.. and Mrs. John Foster Of Will
mar visited at the latter's parenta
| AOu1O 0uuudy.
= Florence Rodelius of Willmar spen
T Sunday at her parental home here.
! MIR. and Mrs. Olof Julson OF. Olivia
visited at the Andrew He'd home OF
ffSunday.
J. Mr.. and Mrs. Ole BlomQuist ant
Eson Roy and Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Jul
| Jus and daughter Adeline, Rev. ant
Mrs. Nordell we're entertained at thu
VIM. A. Bloomquist home Sunday.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Lindquist visited
tat the formers parental home Sunday
t. Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Anderson AM
son Kern spent Saturday and Sunda.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-05-11
COMMISSIONERS IS
SUE 100000 BONDS
Balance Of $250,000 Authorized
By State is Issued Thursday.
Means II Miles of Pavinq

The action of the County Commits
sioners Thursday in issuing the one
hundred thousand dollars constituting
the balance of the s250,000 which the
state has authorized such boards to
issue for state road work, was the
final word which will bring to the
county eleven miles of more paving
The state after receiving notification
of this new issue will take over the
bonds and all obligations attached
thereto while the county's only res
possibility is the routine Of the is
suance and consideration of bids and
such matters. This issue will give to
the county, in the first place., six
miles added to the three miles already
laid East Of Willmar and following
that present of five more miles to
| the county East border line will be
received from the state.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-05-11
WHY NOT ROOT
FOR H0MELAKE
Let's Clean Up the Lake Shore and
Extend Boulevards and =.
Park

Have you seen what the city street
department has been able to accom-
plish with the few dollars appropriate
ed by the City Council on the lake
road connecting Seventh Street with
Homewood Park? A little concerted
action by the Commercial Club and
Civic League could arrange for doing
work the city is not in position to do
If these organizations do not respond
let us organize Foot Lake Improve.
ment Association. At comparatively
small cost the beach fronting on the
city could be cleaned up and beau
tiful drive be made. John Holmdah]
and Hans Swanson, owners Of the, new
Lakeside addition, have been spend