The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-10
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY

More significant than the growth of the south is its development when compared with
 that of the nation at large. Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern railway system, in pamphlet distributed throughout the ter ritory served by the Southern railway, emu ress from 1911 to 1920 as follows:
 The south increased coal production 69.7s per cent compared with 28.72 by the country at large; increased it's pig iron production by 41.9S per cent compared with 95.87 per cent by the entire country; increased it's active cotton spindles by 44.75 per cent compared with 23.S7 by the entire country; increased the use of cotton in manufacturing 53.46 per cent compared with 4269 per cent in the country.
 Bank deposits grew from $So0,ooo,ooO to $2,8oO, 100000, an increase of 25O per cent. Increase in capital invested in manufacturing establishments was another 250 per cent The Southerns gain in freight traffic from 1911 to 1920 was 90 per cens and the gain in pas
 
 In 1894, when the Southern was organized it had no double tracks Now it has 1,021 miles of double track. The Southern railway and the states which it serves have developed simultaneously ana in much the same proportion. The percentage of growth both by the industries served and the railroad serving them, leads industries and carriers of other sections Charley Dawes says he Is glad to be back home in Chicago. Although that is not ex- actly place where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest, it beats Washington when Congress is in session. x < x Three state policemen said Good morning, judge" to a Connecticut jurist and confis- cated 129 barrels of cider in his cellar. A lit- tie thing like that is a severe test of the ju- dical temperament. The late Joe Miller did not compile the joke book bearing his name, because he could neither read nor write. During all these years we've been doing Joe Miller a grave in-
 justice
 Two royal princesses of Europe are in the market for American or English husbands I preferably the kind who won't have to worry when the rent falls due. * What would happen, a contemporary wants to know, if an American statesman were to kiss another statesman on both cheeks? Some body would get hurt AL. will come within 20 or 30 years and creates the impression that it will be humdinger # x * A French aviator flew from Tunis to Paris a in II hours. If we were going from Tunis to \ Paris we couldn't get there too soon. X x x John Bull is taking kindly to ice cream. In time he may substitute baseball for cricket and eliminate tea between innings.
 
 In lieu of the family mule the country boy who hopes to be President some day may ride into town in the family flivver. < x Deauville, we are told, is not so much as bathing beach. People don't go there to look ] at the beach. A Kentucky man who lasted 53 days says ne was showing the way to redemption. He prob ably means the cemetery. x A recent photograph indicates that Jess Willard doesn't skip the rope with sufficient grace to "come back" < < MT. Harding says the prohibition law must be upheld. Pass the word along to Chairman Lasker.
 X x There should be way to make Miss Baker get married or quit talking about it.