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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
THERE IS NO EMPLOYMENT NOW
 AT MUSCLE SHOALS

Major General Beach has recommended to Francis l. Jones, director of the United States employment bureau of the labor department, that employment agencies exploiting the pros- pective development of Muscle Shoals be prose- cuted.
 Some days ago The Age-Herald called at tention to the fact that flake" advertisements were appearing in newspapers promising jobs to the unemployed at Muscle Shoals, fan en- rollment fee were paid. MT. Jones and General Beach both characterize these advertisements as attempts to take advantage of the unem- ployed by holding out the prospect of work at high wages, when neither the government serv- ice, which could supply all the that might be needed at Muscle Shoals, nor private cor porations, are making any effort to get labor.
 As General Beach states in communication to MT. Jones, the government has done nothing at Muscle Shoals for nearly twelve months. All activity has stopped and WiP not be re- sumed until Congress decides what is to be done with the property. Whether or ndt Gen. eral Beach's suggestion that the matter be called to the department of justice is acted on. interruptions individuals and concerns who arc taking advantage of the poor and needy in this way should be exposed.
 There is no employment at the shoals now and there won't be until the property is dis posed of, either to MT. Ford or to somebody else. No matter what disposition is made of the Muscle Shoals plants, irresponsible employ ment agencies will not be called on to supply the workmen needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
TEAM WORK NEEDED AT
 THE CITY HALL

Each day the turbulence and unrest at the city hall grows greater. Each day convinces the people of Birmingham more and more that there is something lacking in the city gov ernment.
 The present storm center of criticism is the office of commissioner of public safety, whose cratic course from day to day keeps Birrning- the city is to have tomorrow.
 The sudden discharge of twenty policemen at line when the force is already sadly made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
FORMER HAUNT OF SOCIETY A BUSINESS THOROUCHFARE

Pioneer citizens are witnessing the passing away of many landmarks as result of Bir mingham's rapid growth. There are men and women still young who remember when Fifth avenue, north, was fashionable residence street. The beaux and belles of other days made it their Sunday afternoon promenade
 Lavish entertainments were given on Fifth avenue in past years. It was the scene of debut parties to prominent young women when they came from college and were formally intro duced to society. The homes on that thorough fare kept open house on Christmas and on New Years Day.
 There are only few of the old homes re- maining on Fifth avenue from the terminal station to the postoffice. They have given way to hotels, garages, oil stations, stores, taurants, hotels, clubhouses and all kinds of business establishments, including The Age Herald.
 The latest of these old structures to be supplanted by business blocks are two frame residences between the Tutwiler hotel and Twenty-frst street. They belong to the heirs of the late James A. Going, one of the build ers of Birmingham. But they have served their usefulness. They must go the way of others like them.
 We sigh as the landmarks are torn down, but we are also glad because their passing shows the growth of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
PLENTY OF MONEY FOR COTTON PRODUCERS

The announcement by President W. D. Nes- bitt that members of the Alabama Cotton Growers association may immediately secure loans on their cotton stored in warehouses means that Alabama growers have an oppor- tunity to market their cotton to the best ad- vantage.
 By becoming members of cooperative cot ton marketing associations they will receive the support of the national government. Lend ing money on a-staple of value is far bet ter method of financing the farmer than any statutory legislation that would declare fixed minimum price.
 Other southern states have received mil lions of dollars in loans from the war finance corporation and much of this money has already been paid back. This shows that the plan is a business-like one, and that it has actually placed producers on their feet. A loan is not largess; it is transaction that is customary in the world business, and making loans avail able to farmers through the federal govern ment has merely been an extension of sound banking system.
 Cotton producers should join the co-opera- tive marketing organizations. The man with one bale has the same advantages under this plan as the man with forty or fifty. He is entitled to as much money on his cotton amount considered, as the producer with thon- sand bales. The cooperative organization places all the participants on the same level.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
AN ALARM FROM LORD NoRTHcLIFFE

From the New York World.
 Lord Northcliffe's warning that the Japanese war party is never asleep has no doubt basis in fact. That is the way of war parties, and that is one reason why, though minority they so often win out against the peace parties. It happens to be easier to remain alert if you arc suspicious than if you mind only your own bus- ness.
 But how much good it does to create these international scares is another question. Lord Northcliffe would say, of course, that people must be aroused to the danger, and the ex- perience of Europe before 1914 gives great weight to that argument. Nevertheless, it is also a fact that every Japanese scare in Amer ica gives the war party ammunition against the Japanese peace party. For our alarm alarms the Japanese, and their alarm in turn alarms us The war parties feed on these alarms.
 It might, therefore, be well to declare holi- day in alarms at least as long as the naval holiday lasts For ten years at the minimum there is to be an attempt to deal reasonably with the problems of Asia and the Pacific They will not be dealt with reasonably if suspicion fills the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
NOTHING IS NEW

From the Mobile Register.
 How clever were our predecessors on earth, who, 5000 years ago, we are assured by the curator of the University of Pennsylvania mu- scum, had an elaborate banking system with reserve bank comparable to our own, postal system with parcel post branch, and circu- lating libraries which distributed books in the form of clay tablets We have probably im- proved the books by making them more compact, if not more entertaining; and perhaps our federal reserve is superior to that of the ancients. But, regrettable opinion, the curator believes that the city governments of today are somewhat like those five millenniums past Cheating contractors and crooked officials were tried briefly and thrown into the river" the curator tells us solemnly. We try them at length and give them their freedom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01

If the matter were left to Mrs. l-6rd, Kerry Ford might leave Muscle Shoals tc s1e niercs of selfish interests.T
 * x < Former President Wilson is conducting him self in way that ought to win the gratitude of his successor.
 It is rather discouraging to reflect that a great many Britons judge Americans by Col. George Harvey.
 It may yet be shown that Jazz and the shin- my are the logical results of the eighteenth amendment.
 All of us can't go to Palm Beach for the winter. Some of us have to stay home and do the work.
 The executive council of the American Fed eraton of Labor has indorsed the old-fsshioned growler Hi" Johnson and Battling BilI' Borah.
 < X Here's hoping Princess Mary and her com money husband will live happily ever after. Reservations give another illustration of how words can be used to conceal thought.
 4 * < Passing bonus bill without providing means to pay it would be transparent politics.
 x x Alleged relatives of Max Oser are having no difficulty in getting hearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
 Men who drink hard find it easy.
 As a man grows older he swaps his ideals for ideas.
 The only thing that acts more boyish than boy is man.
 When suspicion enters the door love goes out of the window.
 Don't think for a minute that man wants but little here below.
 The worst thing about failure is the kind of sympathy that goes with 1t. When wives and widows speak of their late husbands their meanings are different.
 The onlysway man can find out just what woman thinks of him is to make her an gry.
 When man is reading a newspaper ac- count of wedding he skips the description of the brides gown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
CREPE HANGING

From the New York Tribune
 Sir Philip Gibbs, one of the most diligent of the undertakers hanging out crepe for Europe, in a recent address at Boston, said;
 Russia has under ars on the Polish from tier force of 100000 men. With the press of button that force could be increased to 4.000 .OOO. On the other side of the border are millions of armed Poles."
 The Polish army now numbers about 200,- 900. If Russia would reduce her military es- tablishment Poland, Warsaw says, would gladly cut down to 100000 or less. Yet there is no slowing down of the propaganda which presents horrible Poland as "imperaistic."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
LETTERS TO EDITOR
POWER COMPANY EMpLoYEs

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 I have been with the Alabama Power com pany since April 1, 1913, and am proud to be numbered among the employees of an organ ization doing so much good for the citizens of this state. Any company that can pass through the recent reconstruction period without laying off men, without cutting wages, at the same time giving employment directly to over 900 men in addition to its regular pay roll de- serves more credit than is given it. The Ala bama Power company not only did all of this, but also gave each employe free insurance &C., cording to length of service, and for several years have given very liberal bonus as a Christmas present.
 I noticed an article in the Birmingham News several days ago which stated that en- ployes of the Alabama Power company were starving to death. In reply to this will say that I extend welcome to any man in this free country of ours to visit my home, which is furnished free, including lights and water.
 I have six fine and healthy children and challenge anyone to show family as happy and well contented as mine which was made possible by the fairest and squarest organiza- tion in this state-the Alabama Power com pany. Yours very truly,
 GEORGE WILKINSON.
 Mapella February 25 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
Lost Towns of Alabama
Prom the Montgomery Advertised.

From the Montgomery Advertiser'
 About ten miles from Mobile, along the east bank of the Tensas river, is now the deserted town of Blakely. Vast works of defense, rifle pits and redoubts, built by Holtzclaw's gallant soldiers, may still be seen Three thousand soldiers of the gray, for thirteen days, defend ed Blakely's 5000 inhabitants from the cruel ravages of Steeles soldiers.
 Wave upon wave of the enemy's lines tried to take the works by storm but all in vain. More men of Steele's army were killed there than Holtzclaw had. Finally by flanking movement to the north, and by overwhelming numbers, he drove an entrance between the defenders and the river. At the moment Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Blakely, the early rival of Mobile, was captured. In lonely spot, between the rifle pits all overgrown with lone some pines, is the graveyard. Buried there together are the blue and the gray and the early settlers of Blakely.
 Major Peters, with few enterprising young men, came from New York in 1916 and settled on the banks of that beautiful river and named the town Blakely. It at Blakely where Judge Toulmin held court under tree. giant liveoak, with massive limbs overgrown with ferns, was the first courthouse in Baldwin county.
 Here and there are mounds of moss-covered bricks that mark the hearth of the homes of a hundred years ago. One feels weird lone someness when owls fly from the trees and rat l tlesnakes sing in the hearths where once was peace and contentment. How the songs have changed!
 If you never had a creepy feeling you will have it when a rattler invites you to come in nearer his sacred abode. Out of everywhere. and coming from nowhere My, what horrid sound
 About two miles from Blakely is Bromley. On high hill, covered with massive cedar trees, may be seen the ruins of the old Sibley home. Cruel soldiers of the blue burned that once l lovely mansion. Grape myrtles, entwined by yellow>jasmine vines, stand at regular intervals in the brick-inclosed yard.
 Vast liveoaks, stately pines and cedars are growing in the ruins of the building.
 The twttering birds sang so sweetly on that bright Sunday morning in February when all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
NARROW MINDS
Bv Nathaniel Hawthorne.

By Nathaniel HaWthorne.
 It is difficult for the good Christian to ac- knowledge the good Pagan; almost impossible for the good Orthodox to grasp the hand of the good Unitarian, leaving to their Creator to set tie the matters in dispute ;and giving their mu- tual efforts strongly and trustingly to what ever right thing is too evident to be mis- taken Then again, though the heart be large, vet the mind is often of such moderate dimen- sions as to be exclusively filled up with one idea When a> good man has long devoted himself to a particular kind of benefcence---to one species of reform-he is apt to become mar rowed into the limits of the path wherein he treads, and to fancy there is no other good to be done on earth but that selfsame good to which he has put his hand and in the very mode that best suits his own conceptions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
THE REINDEER'S PROMISE

John c. Holme, in Leslie's Weekly.
 Where will industrial Europe, now import ing more than half of it's food and almost all its ,44 Sat, and the great cities of the United States secure their msht?
 The Hudsons Bay company, the oldest cor poration in North America, is attempting to answer this question: The growing meat short age and the prospects of greater shortage have led this wealthy and powerful corporation to launch a venture, which, should it develop successfully, will eclipse some of Great Brit aims greatest empire building schemes. The Hudson's Bay company has gone into the rein deer business. Last autumn it shipped the first consignment of TOO domestic reindeer from northern Norway and Lapland to Baffin Land, on Hudson bay. If it's experiment in reindeer culture proves success, it will mean that Cam ada will no longer have to worry about what to do with it's rather sizable back yard. Fur thermore, it will mean that the world will not have to worry about it's future meat supply after the present cattle and &heep ranges have been cut up into small farms.
 For Canada is a roomy land, and its back region, which can never be used for agricul- tura purposes and where neither sheep nor cattle can be raised profitably, comprises about a million and half square miles. If we may accept as fairly accurate the statement of Alaska reindeer men that reindeer requires about thirty acres for grazing in the sub arctic and arctic regions of North America, then northern Canada can support between thirty and forty million animals. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Canadian explorer, who has been trying to convert his countrymen to rein deer culture for several years, and has given the subject great deal of study, thinks that the Canadian mainland, north of the so-ealled habtable line, and the Great Canadian archi- pelago, can support 50,00O,000 reindeer and musk-ox, another sub-arctc and arctic ami nal which he thinks may in the future furnish the world with an appreciabe supply of good, wholesome meat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
BELIEVES SUCCESS ASSURED

"The mass meeting to be held today in Montgomery to give expression to the popular sentiment in favor of the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals is going to be big thing" said Judge B. M. Allen, who has been selected to preside at the meeting.
 q understand that the people of the Ten nessee valley are coming down en masse. I hope to see a big delegation from this city and from all over the state. We want to make ourselves heard all through the cor riders of Congress, and believe we are oging to succeed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
APPRECIATION OF AID
the Editor of The Age Herald |:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 l am writing in the name of the Birmingham Association for the Blind to thank you for the many kindnesses you and The Age-Herald have extended to our association particularly in the matter of publicity. We feel that there is great need in Birmingham for the work we are trying to do for the blnd and we realize that without the newspapers of our city to help us we could not go far. We especially appreciate the space you gave us during our recent membership campaign. During the com ing year we arc planning to do even more than in the past, and we feel sure that we can al ways count on The Age Herald for support and cooperation in any project for community bet terment
 Thanking you again for the very material help you have been to us in the past am, very truly yours, CLARA BELL SENN,
 Secretary. Birmingham February 27, 1922. 260O Madison
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
FEES TO HELP SOME

"We have some federal land bank mortgages filed here," said Probate Judge J. F. Stiles, land the recent decision of the supreme court that the banks must pay fee on them will bring in small sum to the state through this office.
 Previous to the decree of the high court the federal land banks were permitted to record their mortgages as government priv ilege without paying any fee. Of course the court decision will not be retroactive, but Tn the future the probate judges office can collect 15 cents on each $100 represented by mort gage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
WOMAN's WIT
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Congresswoman Robertson of Oklahoma was talking about woman in politics.
 "Woman lacks political training as yet she said. '.but there is reason why, in time, she shouldn't do as well in politics man does.
 "Certainly in replying to hecklers she will do well. I remember stopping one chill Oc- toher evening to listen to woman preaching some new creed to others from soap box.
 "'Sayv rough shouted at her. Say, you look cold baby! Why don't you turn your col lar up, like mel
 "Well, you see,' baby answered sweetly from her soap box-well, you see, I've got a clean neck :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
THE CINDERELLA PLAY

In the first act she is poor and mistreated, Yet we observe that her face is quite fair;A Signs and a line or two, often repeated, Tell us Gfe's burdens are heavy to bear. Act two dscloses chance has come to her Whereby she'll break through the fetters;
 that bind; Love, the little god sends an arrow right
 through her,
 Fortune, it appears, is about to be kind. Act three-the Prince Now she's rich and she's
 famous,
 Dressed like queen and with jewels aglow Call us sinpleton, fool-ignoramus, Still we take kindly to that sort of show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
CULTURE

Clement Wood, in The Nation. I saw an oak upon hill, Etched against an empty sky Weathered gray and great; Life a mask of fate. It was as scornfuIl as a sprig Whose life has just begun; As lovely as an old man Smiling at the sun.
 
 It knew of old the believing storm, And dared his thrashing night It did not shrink from soaring day, Nor dread choking night. And they will feel it, shrivel it, In cold mechanic rage, That it's bleached flesh and bones may bea1 These words, upon this page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
EXPECTS BIG FIGHT

"The people of the Tennessee valley are their fight for the Ford offer for Muscle their fight off the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals" said Alex Walker. "They are expect ing quite delegation to join their booster special' trip to Montgomery.
 "The interests of Birmingham and the cities in the Tennessee valley are closely allied and each naturally looks otwards the other in put ting over their campaigns"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
XICARIOuS TOURING

"A great many tourists pass through Chig gersville in the course of a day"
 "Yes,7 said Squire Witherbee. "They come from everywhere. I can stand a corner of Main street and hypnotize myself into believ- in Pm widely travelled man simply by readin' th' license tags"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
HAS HIS DOUBTS

"Bobbed hair, they tell us, is more sanitary"
 Maybe so,' said MT. Grumpson, "but Pm bit skeptical of any theory that attempts to justify feminine fads. I've also been informed by more or less competent authorities that exposing the chest on a raw day is sure pre- ventive of pneumonia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
CORN AS MONEY

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 One Minnesota town (Madela) has corn as money, all merchants taking it at 10 cents more than it's market value. If Henry Ford isn't satisfied with that, we don't know what would please him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
ADVICE FROM AN EXPERT

q understand burglar tried to rob the apartment of a celebrated writer of detec- tive stories while he was at york;
 "Did the burglar get away with anythng?"
 'No. By the time the author had finished pointing out the crudity of his methods be vowed he would abandon the housebreaking profession and learn how to drive taxicab."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
ONE OR THE OTHER

''Why is it, asked the inquisitve citizen. "that after msn rises to great eminence he has an air of weariness?"
 Eve never been able to find out" said Mr. Gadspur, whether that is due to the exertion of having risen to a great eminence of the fact that after man gets up in the world everybody he meets makes him tired"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
A BRIEF CAREER

"Who's the new waitress?"
 "She was chorus girl. but slump in the theatrical business sent her back to the Elite restaurant"
 Hard lines for an artists
 "Yes, but even at that she was only away two years.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

ern miss. "Let father show him the parks and the public library. Uncle Jerry thinks do tat ting in my leisure hours''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01

nature seemed enwrapped in silent wonder, when I beheld this fallen greatness. The im- polling words of the poet came to me: "Build thee more stately mansions, my soul, While the swift seasons roll"
 J. E. GARRETT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-01
ADD HIM

From the Chicago News.
 According to the War Cry there are 1,ooo,- 900, 900 heather in the world. These figures do not include the man who coughs down the back of your neck at the movies.