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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
AN UNSUNG HERO

From the Osborne County, (Kan) Farmer.
"There is one hotel proprietor in northern
Kansas who is getting rich and his house today
is the most popular and best patronized house
between Omaha and Denver. He is j. C. Elliott
proprietor Of the Elliott hotel at Belleville.
When the war broke out Mr.. Elliott determined
to test the matter and see just how far he could
go without raising his prices, and the result was
he never raised them, either during the war or
the period following. He sold his meals at SO
cents each and his rooms at $1.00 and does to-
day. The two best meals this writer has eaten
in hotel in five years he found there and
paid SO cents each for them. Every night the
Elliott hotel is packed to the ceiling and the
proprietor has to go out and find rooms for the
overflow, but he does it and charges them 81
for the room. Mr.. Elliott has made fortune
in the last five years, and he did not profiteer
to the extent of one dollar"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
THOUGHT BOWIE PRESIDENT

"There is one little incident of the Presidents
visit to Birmingham during the semi-centen-
Mol which has not generally leaked out" said
H. Fl. X. Jefferson at the Forum luncheon of
the Civic Association yesterday at the Hillman
hotel.
'The President was walking down the line of
queens at the terminal greeting each one
With him in his beaver regaia was Sydney J..
Bowie.
Zone man who had partaken of more noun
tain dew than was due him, attempted to break
through the line in order to greet the President
He caught Mr.. Bowie's eye and received
kindly nod. He beckoned Mr.. Bowie. Mr.
Bowie came.
" Pm pleased to meet you Mr.. President;
he said as he shook hands with Mr.. Bowie.
"Mr. Bowie smiled and went his way. The
mans face beamed and he was happy in the
thought he had met the President
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
MEN, WO MEN
AND T II I N G. S

The story of clothing would fill volumes and
make most interesting reading if treated mere
ly from the historical standpoint, but if in adj
dition the tones were illustrated it would be-
come pleasure to pore over them.
This will not be an attempt to give even
rapid resume of womap's apparel from the fig
leaf stage of Eve TO the Paquin creation of
twentieth century dame; any more than it
will be an effort to try and describe the change
in mems wear from the time he wore bear
skin and carried club to the present when he
CARDS himself like a waiter and sports thin
reed cane.
1t will not be a thesis on the philosophy of
clothes after the manner of the dour old Scot,
Thomas Carlyle, for l am a disciple of his of
long standing and where the master has spoken
it behooyes the pupil to hold his tongue or
show his ignorance. If, however, you have any
desire to learn what the sage of Chelsea said
you can find it set out in Sartor Resartus.
1t will not be an excursion into the economic
side of the matter-which will be brought before
you as worth while as it may be; and have no
intention of taking peep into the moral side
of female attire for in my opinion the less
preachers know about woman's dress and the
less they have to say about what they see the
better it will be for all concerned, for the sisters
are going to follow their sweet fancy in
the matter without any interference from their
brothers of the cloth. .5
The matter will be treated in reminiscent
way, and only one phase of it, in the hope that
it will rob the whole subject of any value what
soever save that it lifts the curtain of the past
and gives any one who may care to do SO
chance to recall, if old enough, or if born since
the war, an opportunity to hear about the
predictions of the old time darkey for cast
off clothing.
The suggestion for the story came about in
this wise A few weeks back an old ante bel
lum type of negro who for several years has
done handy jobs about my place which did not
require any very great output of strength, ap-
pealed to me as a human derelict that had been
caught between two civilizations Born in
slavery and used to lean on his master for food
clothing and shelter, the emancipation procla-
nation cast him out into new world in which
he was as helpless as child. He was the
kind which either liked to depend upon the
whites, or was constitutionally unable to change
his mode of thought and manner of living.
For years he lived from hand to mouth, never
being able to save up for his old age, even if
the need of it had ever grown insstent enough
to stir his feeble will He had always been
provided for and like a child had blind faith
that someone would care for him. He managed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
WANT LADIES TO ATTEND

During our meeting beginning today which
has been called for the purpose of considering
the $25,000,00O bond issue which is to be voted
on next January, especially want all the ladies
to be present and show their interest in the
movement" said F. j. Champion, president of
the Alabama Highway Improvement association.
There are SO women delegates from Jefferson
county alone, and hope every one of them will
report at the Birmingham Automobile club
Tuesday and register. We have turned the
registration of delegates over to this progress
sive club and if the ladies will come early and
register we will be very grateful to them.
Woman's day is here-and Pm glad of it--and
the men can't put anything over these days
without their aid, so in the matter of highway
improvements with everything else, we need
their cooperation and their assistance and we
cordially invite them to help us in this big
measure"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
THE PECAN CROP VALUABLE

From the Selma Times-Journal.
The pecan crop which is now reaching the
local market has taken the cue from all other
crops this year and comes up woefully short"
The drouth prevented the maturing of the nuts
and vast quantities of the younger ones were
blown off the trees by the winds. The pecan
industry is still in it's infancy in this section,
and will continue a minor revenue crop for
many years yet, but every season witnesses the
planting of new orchards and the ageing of the
orchards already planted, an essential condi-
ton to their productiveness.
Several thousands pounds of nuts will be
gathered and sold fro mthe groves in the vicin-
ity of Selma this year. A few years more will
see an enormous increase in the yield. A few
of the larger owners are expecting to market
two and three thousand dollars worth of the
nuts this year, even under these unpropitious
conditions.
The resultant prosperity when this industry
has been multiplied several times over may
we'll be imagined Just few years ago there
was not pecan bearing tree in this section,
except few of the wild trees on the banks
of the small streams, which never found men
ton in the horticulture records. A few citizens
with foresighta few years ago caught glimpse
of the possibilities of growing the nuts for the
market and the older orchards that ornament
the community the result. Subsequent ex-
pansion of the industry has been marked. Con-
tinued development appears certain from the
fact that pecans, because of their high food
value and delectable flavor, assured of a
fast growing world market Professor Starcher,
state horticulturist says central Alabama is
the home of the pecan and that the industry
should expand to magnificent proportions in this
soil.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
AUTOMATIC spRINKLERs

To the Editor of The Age-Heraid:
A number Of leading newspapers in Geor-
gia and adjoining states on October 16, pub
lished dispatch item from Madison, Ca, re-
porting the fire which destroyed the Penick
warehouse and caused loss of approximately
100000.
The warehouse was said to have been
equipped with an automatic sprinkler system
which failed to work. The warehouse was
equipped with such system and the reason it
did not control the fire was because the water
was shut off. A sprinkler system does not
function in controlling fires without an ade-
quate supply of water. Yours truly,
l. G. HOAGLAND,
Secretary, National Automatic Sprinkler
Association.
New York, November 10, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
LETTERS TO EDITOR
WILL STICK TO FARM
To the Editor of The Age Herald

10 the EQlLOr OF Inc Age-defalO.
was very much gratified to receive letter
from E. J, Lynn of Monroeville, former stu
dent of Tuskegee institute, in which he makes
the following comment:
az have been engaged in farming for the
last five years and through the training l re-
received in the agricultural department of
Tuskegee, have been fairly successful l did,
however, receive jolt last year when did not
takesthe advice of the Tuskegee farmers con-
ference to plant more foodstuff and less cot
ton. Owing to the fact that was depending
solely upon cotton, and you know the slump in
the price of this product, lost good bit.
This did not discourage me and have not run
away from the farm but it rather strengthened
my determination to make farming pay and to
study conditions. In my effort to do this /
have bought more land which intend to make
pay for ITSELF
I was particularly interested in the sentence
in which he said that, although he lost last
year on his cotton crop, he was not discouraged
and had made up his mind not to run away
from the farm. I find that among the more
substantial colored farmers of the coored race,
this same sentiment is quite prevalent. Yours
very truly, R::R. MOTION,
Principal, Tuskegee Institute.
Tuskegee Institute, November 10, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
MEsA-MTsT


Lew Sarett, in Contemporary Verse.
When the passion of the day is done,
And the weary sun,
Lingering above the far plateau
And mesa-waters, stains
The cottonwoods and cranes
With afterglow,
Day keeps fleeting tryst
With night, in the mesa-mist.
When her vermillion arm embraces
The valleys, buttes and plains
No more, spent day slips quietly to rest
Upon ghostiy mountain breast
And nothing, nothing remains,
Save in the twilit places
The ghost of rains,
And dead forgetmenots whose wistful faces
Droop where the purple-pollened fir
Tinctures the dusk with lavender.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
FoVoRs FOUR-YEAR TERM

~ was heartily in favor of the memorial sent
up by the North Alabama conference to the
general conference urging that the senure of
the bishops should be made for a four-yea
term" says Frank Dominick, "as believe it
is in the interest of Methodism. 81 also be-
lieve that we get better judges through cleo
tions than by appointment. 1t brings them
closer to the people and makes them respon-
sbe to public opinion. l know that many dis
agree with me on the question but in democ-
racy we must trust the people"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
A MORNING PRAYER
II the days are long pray thee set me
task, for time hangs heavily when life rests
lightly upon mo. Amen.-M. s. B.
FRENCH PREMIER TELLS WHY
FRANCE NEEDS HER ARMY

Yesterday Premier BRAND pleaded eloquently
before the arms conference for the safety of
France. From an oratorical point of view, his
speech was the most impressive yet delivered.
He touched upon the sacrifices France has
made and portrayed in graphic style the dam
Germany, as well as the menace of chaotic
Russia, with a vast army at her disposal and
the danger that at any moment new confla-
grafton may break out in central Europe.
The premier forcefully presented the rea-
sons which the French nation has been advanc-
ing ever since the treaty Of Versailles was rat
flied for maintaining large army for defensive
purposes. In this respect he said nothing that
had not been said already by other statesmen
and military leaders. The threat of miitaris-
tic Germany has been the theme of orators and
writer's in France for SO long that the whole
world by this time should understand the
French point Of view. Premier BRAND spoke
in way that can leave no doubt of his SINGER
ity. Patriot that he Is. he firmly believes that
his country is in danger Of having to fight at
any time for self preservation, unless some
agreement Is made which will insure her
against German aggression.
The premier says thereNs one part of Ger
many which wants peace, but the other part
composed Of the militarises is preparing for
war and large army could shortly be put in
the field Even If we discount the alarmst
sentiment in France, there is justification for
the belief that the German war lords will bear
watching, for the German government is weak
but the war lords are strong The hold mill
tarism has on the German people has not been
weakened We do not need the French spokes-
man to tell us that.
Nevertheless, France has reduced her army
and is prepared to do more. The question
the conference will have to decide is whether
or not France shall be given some form of guar
antee that will protect her, or be permitted to
retain an army of considerable size.
The reduction Of land ornaments promises to
be one Of the knottiest problems to be solved.
France, whether she wills It or not, may prove
serious obstacle to solution. 1t is a question
far more complicated than that of naval re-
duction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
TRUCKS AS CARRIERS BETWEEN
ALABAMA CITIES

Gadsden paper of Saturday says large
Birmingham automobile truck was driven down
to factory in that city and loaded with doors
and sashes for Birmingham.
Several automobile truck loads of Birming-
ham mattresses were delivered recently at the
state university in Tuscaloosa. Those are ex-
amples of the part that the motor vehicle is
taking in transportation over short lines of
haulage.
Quantities of coal came direct to Birming-
ham cellars from nearby mines minus the
freight and yard maintenance charges this fall
and are still coming.
The better the roads the more there will be
of this direct and economical transportation
If manufacturers and wholesalers benefit by
roads over which they can transport goods,
they will likewise serve the farmer in getting
his stuff to cities and railroad depots.
Voting for the $25,O00,000 highway bond
issue is the biggest thing on the calendar of
1922 for Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
LIKES JOHNSTON COLUMN

"The daily column by Richard F. johnston
For Good of the Community' think is one
of the biggest features of The Age-Herald,"
said Mrs Mabel Ford Leake although The
Herald has many fine features think this
column is one of the best
"But this is not all that like about The
Herald. The new features being added
makes it hard to compliment any one special
part without sighting another"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
PULLING FOR HENRY

Although | never was at Muscle Shoals or
know anything about the nitrate business l
have 'hunch' that when Henry Ford takes over
the reins there'll be something doing in North
Alabama" remarked Felix Tarrant.
81 am pulling for Henry with all my heart
because I think that he can certainly alleviate
the stricken condition of many laborng people
at the present"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
PARALYSIS COMES SOONER

''Your honor" said the prisoner at the bar,
81 may have been intoxicated, but 1 assure
you that had taken only two drinks of moon
shine a mere trifle, as l thought, for man
OF my capacity and experience in such mat
ters."
SMy friend" said the judge, kindly, you
can't regulate your drinking nowadays by the
standards that used to prevail when man
could prop his foot up on a brass rail and chat
for hours with friends and acquaintance with
out either. losing his sense of direction or his
gift of repartee."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
A COMPETENT CRITIC

"a girl what works cah't have no social
life"
Don't you ever go to the dance halls,
Imogen?"
'Yeah. But how you're gonna meet a fell
lah there what's got any culture or refinement?
Why, them lounge lizards don't even speak
good grammar"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
eApalruaM
ON THE WAITING LIST
om The Montgomery Advertiser.

From The Montgomery Advertiser
There are nervous and expectant
patriots in the following Alabama towns: Al
bertville, Clayton, Columbia, Enterprise, Fort
Deposit, Boaz, Geneva, Hartford, Helm Liy-
ingston, Ragland Reform and Tuscaloosa.
Postmasters for these communities are going
to be selected at early date
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
INDOOR SPORT

From the Atlanta Georgian.
Breakfast game: Give boy pitcher Of
syrup and bake better cakes for him. The
game is to see which gives out first, the pitcher
or the batter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
AMERICAN HUMOR

From the Toledo Blade
american humor is fast dying out" says the
president of the University of California
What's the matter with that man? Little jeff
gets black eye or lump his head nearly
every day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
A COLD RECEPTION

"How long have the Jagsbys been married."
ooh, years and years"
"Then she no longer meets him at the door
when he comes home?"
"Only when he comes home about o'clock in
the morning, and then he doesn't seem to ap-
preciate it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
INITIATIVE

From the Ohio State Journal.
An independent oil company may be defined
as one that always raises its price of gasoline
to the consumer the same day the Standard
does its.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
WORKING OVERTIME NOW.

"PaT
eyes, my son."
whats meant by an enlarged sphere of
usefulness?"
''That's what happened to the yeast cake.
son."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
SPOILED FOR LIFE

u hear your boy is thinking of adopting lit
erary career"
''Yes,' said Mr.. Cobbles, bitterly. .'When
my boy went away to college an failed to
make tn football team something told me
higher education would be tn ruination of i'm"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
OUR BEST KNOWN CELEBRITIES

Who goes abroad to foreign lands,
Where many wondrous sights there are,
VIII not be met by cheering bands
Unless he is movie star.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
ANOTHER SLAM AT GOTHAM

From the Washington POST
A New York hotel has installed thinking
room" Always catering to the .out-of-town
trade!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
OLDEST NEWSPAPER WEST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI

he Arkansas Gazette, the oldest newspaper
west Of the Mississippi river, has celebrated
its one hundred and second birthday The first
issue Of. the Gazette was published at Arkansas
Post, November 20, 1919. The paper was
shortly afterward moved to Little Rock, then
the capital Of the Territory Of Arkansas, where
it has been published ever since.
This country has grown SO fast and is still
70 young. 1t is hard to realize that moss u
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22

to get along passably well until the great war,
the monster catclysm which took its toll of the
strong young men of the world, devasted the
old and claimed for its victims the little ohes
Evidently the old negro was owned by some
aristocratic family for he has the courtly man.
ners of the old time servants, that air of dis
tinction and gentle courtesy which so impressed
Charles Dickens, when he was in Virginia, but
which he himself failed to show on occasions in
America and in his books and correspondence
when recalling his visit to the United States
where he was received with such distinction and
genuine enthusiasm.
1t was therefore with tender sentiment that
1 fshed around my personal belongings and
got together some of my old clothes, and gave
them to throw back to slavery times, who
took them with thanks and wears them with
joy. am glad that his race is getting less de-
pendent but somehow when | see some of the
modern types who are fashily dressed headed
for trouble / like to come in contact with a
'colored gentleman of the old school, who does
not have to boast that he is as good as anybody
but by his simple dignity of bearing commands
the respect Of even those whose cast-off gar
ments he wears.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22

the excellent newspapers on the other side of
the Mississippi are comparative newcomers into
the field of journalism. The Gazette not only
has the prestige of more than century behind
1T, but enjoys popularity and prosperity COM
mensurate with its influence! 1t is easily one
of the best newspaper properties in America
from business point of view and its editorial
page is widely quoted.
Published in city of less than 100000 pop
uation, the Gazette covers wide territory. It
is essentially the state paper of Arkansas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
GOOD EFFECT OF GAME
LAW ENFORCEMENT

In two days Of an annual hunt on the game
preserves of the Allison Lumber company in
Sumter county the hunters not only bagged
birds enough to satisfy their appetites, but
more than 20 bucks were shot by the party.
Over 200 men have enjoyed the hunt on this
$4,000 acre tract of land where game is given
chance to multiply.
The pleasure Of hunting and fishing has been
preserved for Alabamisns by the states game
laws Prior to their institution and systematic
enforcement, the pot hunter and dynamiter had
reduced game to minimum and sport in pro-
portion. Thanks to the game wardens, fish and
game are again plentiful and the open season
finds Thousands of men getting real enjoy
ment out Of the sport.
.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22
POLITICAL sAGACITY

after member of Congress has lived in
Washington for time he acquires the airs of
statesman"
Most of my colleagues do" said Senator
Snortsworthy, "but personally prefer to look
like small town business man. l may not
impress foreign visitors as much, but it makes
me stronger with the folks back home when
constituent of mine returns from visit to
Washington and tells the boys~there are no
frills about Jim Snortsworthy. He's just as
much friend of the plain people as he ever
was.' PAUL COOK.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-29
EUROPE TO HONOR
AMERICAN HEROES
Marshal Petain Will Give Me,
mortal Day Address at
Suresnes, France.

PARIS. May 2S.-American SOL
der dead throughout Europe will
be honored Monday by their COM
patriots and citizens OF the countries
where their bodies lie.
A wreath viii be placed by rep
resenteuves OF the American Legion
on more than $1,000 graves in
France. Great Britain. Italy and
Belgium. Special services will be
held in the four big cemeteries "
this country. at Suresnes, ROmagne,
Belleau and Bony.
Marshal Petain will deliver the
Memorial day address at Suresnes.
Rear Admiral Magruder and Brig.
Gen. Johnston will speak al Belleau
in the morning at at Chateau Thierry
in the afternoon. Brig. Gen. Par
ker. who commanded the First di-
vision. will conduct the services AZ
Plcisy.
French veterans. war orphans and
local patriotic societies will unite in
making the day a replica OF Frances
All Souls day.