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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
NAME OF LEVIATHAN WILL
 NOT BE CHANGED

The Leviathan will retain the name she bore during the war when she was used to transport thousands of American soldiers overseas. It was stated at the White House day or two ago that President Harding had requested Chair man Lasker of the shipping board not to name the ship in his honor.
 tThs decision Is creditable to Mir. Harding good sense and puts stop to what appears to have been an attempt to flatter him. The Leviathan has an important place in the his- tory of the World war, and became endeared to the doughboys whom she carried to France and brought back home. MT. Harding was aware that the proposed change in the vessels name was not approved by our ex-service men, but even had that not been the case he would probably have acted as he did.
 The Leviathan is the second largest ship in the world. Formerly the vaterland. she was the pride of the German merchant marine, and at the time she was built the greatest ship afloat. When she has been remodeled at New port News, Va, she will not be surpassed in luxury, even by the Majestic. It is estimated that the cost of refitting the Leviathan for passenger service will be $1o,000,0o0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20

the leading college presidents in the country, including such men as President Lowell of Har- yard, Butler of Columbia, Hibben of Prince ton, Burton of Michigan, Kirkland of Wander bilt and other distinguished educators.
 The prestige which the University of Ala bama enjoys among American institutions of learning should be source of pride to every citizen of the state. The action of the Car negie foundation is a deserved tribute and worthily bestowed. The university will now be in better position than ever before to at- tract the ablest men to it's faculty and retain their services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
PYTHIANs HAVE BIG MEET

"Pythians certainly had a princely grand lodge meeting in Montgomery" said Ben Ray, local attorney who attended as a delegate from Jefferson county. "The weather was of the kind to inject plenty of snap into the ses- sions. In connection with our plans to erect home for orphan children, we visited the magnificent home for orphans erected by Ma sons few miles rom Montgomery. I am sure that many Masons themselves do not appre- ciate the work being done by this institution.
 "W. T. Parker, a Birmingham man, was elected grand outer guard of the lodge which puts him in line for the office of grand chan cellor The meeting was something of jubi- lee affair, and the address by Robert H. Man gum of Selma on the work of the grand lodge during 50 years was great tribute to the accomplishments of the order.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
LETTERS TO EDITOR
ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION
le Editor of Tha Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 read with great deal of interest the ar ticle in the morning Age Herald by Mir. Allen in reference to the city commissions action Tn agreeing to employ "only union labor" on the Central High school building. Now, am not an employer of labor, but am working for a salary, and it seems to me a rather 'high- handed' action for the servants of the tax payers and people (the city commissioners) to discriminate in favor of any organization, whether it be union or non-union, Catholic, Protestant or Jew. The money used is derived from taxation of all classes, aaa if the charges made by Mr. Allen are true, th.s action should be condemned.
 Another "high-handed action by the "sup- posed" servants of the people was when an or ganization of ladies, opposed to the $7,000, ,000 bond issue, recently applied to the city commits sion to present their side of the question at the city schools. MT. McLendon referred the mat ter to Dr. Glenn. The doctor decided that they should not be granted this privilege although he and all of the teachers are filling the children with "vote for the bond issue" propaganda every day. Also permission has been granted the bond advocates the privilege of addressing the children at the schools. If this is not un- fair, unjust and discriminatory action by the paid servants of the taxpayers, I don't know what is. Does the average voter realize why practically all school teachers and city off, ficials are for the issue? Due to unceasing agitation, the salaries of all public school teach CTS have been raised very materially in the last few years. This is as it should be- But now, when all salaries and wages of the ordi- nary wage-earner have been cut from 30 to 60 per cent, the teachers and city officials still retain their raises, and evidently through the passage of the bond issue hope for further raises.
 This unfairness is further emphasized when you realize that no city, state or county em- ploye public school teacher has to pay an income tax to the United States government as you and 1 do. Is it fair that Dr. Glenn or MT. Lendon with their S6000 per year paid by the wage and salary-reduced taxpayer should pay tax (fron s120 to $40 per year)? If you and I did not have to pay income tax maybe the people could afford to be for the bond issue.
 How long, o how long, will the people sub- init to the above conditions?
 R.T. PITTMAN. Birmingham, 1918 Twenty eighth Street.
 South, May 19, 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
A DESIRABLE CONQUEST

From the San Antonio Express.
 Great Britain lately paid s13,115,oo0 in- stallment on it's wartime silver purchase for the Indian government. In two years more the balance of s6i,ooo, ,ooo will be extinguished and India will close the account.
 Now, with silver rising quickly, it is interest ing to note that India's demand is almost as keen as in 1918. But circumstances are differ ent today. India and China are calling for sil- yer, both coin and bar. The latter is worth a little more than 72 cents an ounce in New York and London, rise of cents within a few days. This seems trifle, but if the swarm ing millions of the far east continue to buy the white metal, either for trade or hoarding, it will reopen many idle American and Mexi- can silver mines.
 In 1918 India decided that silver was better than paper currency, and a run on government reserves began. India asked Britain for help, and the latter turned to the United States. As American divisions were sending lead and steel toward the German lines in France that sum- mer, stream of dollars and bar silver poured into India. More than 200,00o,00o ounces of American metal were sent there before the panic was checked and commercial stability assured. Britain assumed the debt to this courr- try-s122, 100000.
 The Indian government knows it would have been helpless without such aid and its financial reports mention the United States generous terms.' Now, more prosperous India again is buying silver and many American mines may owe renewed activity to this bread cast on the waters in an hour of need. China, too, is grateful for American support in the Wash ington conference and ready to show its grati- tude by purchasing more American goods, whether merchandise or precious metals. This is worthwhile conquest-it will last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
BOOK THAT IS NEVER FINISHED

New York.-Fcr three centuries some of the foremost literary men of France have been working at a book that is not yet completed, nor, presumably, ever will be. They are the 40 "immortals" of the French academy and the book is their French dictionary.
 The French academy, says the May Mentor Magazine, was founded early in the seven teenth century by group of young men who wished to purify and embellish the language. They undertook to publish dictionary, a rheto- ric, and grammar. In 1894 the dictionary was published, but the first part of it was then already out of date, and needed revision. And it has gone ever since.
 Members are elected for life. They seek entrance and must visit each of the 39 mem- bers in turn when seeking admission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Stingy men are always poor. calf.
 Most good fellows are that way only away from home.
 Fools and children tell the truth and gen. orally at the wrong time.
 As rule the les sa man has to do the less time he finds to do it in.
 You cannot judge the depth of the water by looking at the surface.
 When woman expresses wish her husband generally has to pay the charges.
 The more reputation man has the more dis appointed other men are when they meet him. The world solves it's own problems, but very rarely to the satisfaction of those inhabitants who constitute the problems.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
coRoNoR KEEPS BUSY

"The work of the coroners office has been severely handicapped in the last few days on account of the illness of both J. L. Heacock, assistant coroner, and Miss Edna Hicks, steno- grapher," said Coroner J. D. Russum.
 T have been trying to fill three jobs at the same time, which of course keeps me busy in the effort. It also seems that. T have had an unusually large number of cases to investi- gate in the last week, including the Gintown killing, the accident on the North Bessemer car line in which two women were killed and the death of the boy at Leeds, who was struck by an automobile"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
1.-THE BIG TOP"
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star
 Senator Reeds friendly enemies are jok- ing him about his circus tent campaign. Why has he resorted to "the big top,' thus embat- ting the owners of halls in the towns and cities? Why put himself up distinctly. as an attraction" even with free admission?
 Maybe the senator has taken wise course. He wants to address as many of the voters of the state as possible. He is under attack, and replying to his accusers.
 The big top" is hospitable. It can shelter a much larger crowd than any town or city hall and an audience gathers and disperses with more ease and speed out in the open, so to say.
 ;, And then there is the question of the weather and that of the comfort of audiences. The pri- mary contest will run through June and July months which in Missouri are sometimes sig zlers. The air under bg, high canvas of a warm afternoon or evening is a marked inl- provement on that of a close place with limited entrances and exits.
 Probably, too, it is we'll to take into account the nature of the campaign. It is personal some what, and getting warm. And Senator Reed when aroused, is warm person.
 On several accounts, therefore, the Missouri senator seems to have correctly appraised the situation and made the proper provision for It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
\ < 5k SIXTH RESERVE DISTRICT HAS DONE WELL

Not the least among the things of which the federal Reserve bank of the Sixth district has he right to feel proud is that in the period of depression only two member banks closed their ioors, one in Alabama and one in Georgia Joseph A. McCord, chairman of the board, Is au- hority for the statement that one of these, the Alabama bank, has since made good and re- opened, and that the Georgia bank will soon 60 so.
 The sixth district is the second largest in <population, and has more ports than any other EEiistrict. Two of these ports are among the largest in the country. As this population de- velops it's resources the outlets for exports will count more and moro in the expansion of trade and secretion of wealth.
 ed McCord spoke of the farmer buying fer
 .nni,for cash this spring, and predicted that
 stte..boll weevil let the south alone 1t would
 hda.s cotton of the best grade in 10 years
 mno is done, there will be moro money in 8 rSs,aa@sasrop S, than there has been in larger ones ,,tnf fsrior grade.
 .aOefpite the enormous loans made by the sth district bank, to do which 1t exhausted it's <, VII resources and borrowed $50, 100000 from bther banks, its reserves, which went to low sbb of 15 per cent are back to 90 per cent Ibis indicates that the southern people are
 their feet again, and 1t is also proof that reserve bank in charge of the finances of X south acquitted itself well in handling a e5ftcult situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
GOOD ROADS AND CIVILIZATION

From the Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer.
 There are now 115,o0o miles of paved or sGr- faced h hways in the United States--more than tn fe or ever were in any other country in the world. They have all been built, too, within comparatively few years. When the system provided for in the federal highway act is completed, the agricultural department reports, the improved mileage will amount to 180,000 miles. The process will keep right on, with accelerating speed, establishing new trunk lines across the continent and up and down, in transportation systesn of ever-growing fine ness and durability Imagine sli this network of good roads swept away-tls condition in which it would leave the country and the in- evitable deterioration that would follow. Good roads are civilization. There has never been high state of civilization without dependable transportation routes connecting every locality with every other, and still less will there ever be hereafter. You can measure modern human progress pretty accurately by its roadbuiding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
DUST

 Charles c. Crellin, in Leslie's Weekly. The dust is swirling down the street, The dust of musty ages, The windswept clay of yesterday, The dust of fools and sages. Here Anthony again may meet His Cleo SO entrancing, And through the town whirl gayly down Upon the pavement dancing. Or sitting in some calm retreat A garden wall incloses, Beneath bough old Omar now A dryer verse composes. The dust is swirling down the street, Perchance among the masses, Beneath the beat of busy feet The learned Plato passes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
THE TALK METER

From the Dearborn Independent.
 Talk meters are being installed on telephones and it is claimed they measure conversation after the same fashion that other meters in the house measure gas, electricity and water. The new instrument is known the telechrometer and as fully 50 per cent of all telephone con- versation is either unnecessarily long or friv- olous, the new invention will work saving to the operator. Every time the receiver is taken off the hook on party line, the meter begins to operate The eavesdropper will be charged as much as if he had made the call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
ARNECIE FOUNDATION HONoRS N NlJNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Jniversity of Alabama has been added e Carnegie foundation's list of "accepted # kftutions." Only three universities in this part #f the country have been thus honored. The xther two are Vanderbilt and Tulane.
 Ihe Carnegie foundation has not only con- fsrred great distinction on the state uni <1kuity, but it's recognition will permit pro- TOTS to retire in old age with fixed an- Sculty member who is temporarily or per- V n}ntly disabled.
 Institutions of the highest standing are
 d with the Carnegie foundation. Some
 foremost educators in America pass on
 Hfications for membership. The board
 ses of the foundation is composed of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
FARMER DOING BIG THINGS
 IN A BIG WAY

The American farmer has changed bis at ktude toward things that arc big He Is trying |t6 become ono of the largest factors in the commmcial world by pooling bis resources. Ekssgatss to tho meeting of tho American
 Her UGrowers' exchange from eight south
 an states, gathered in Birmingham this week, teported that 15o,o00 farmers, representing 1yer 5000. .0oo bales of cotton to be grown this 5eax, and offered for sale nsxt season, have sooled their cotton in the various state cooper ktive marketing associations.
 Interests of the individual growers of each asss2ts are to bs protected by the stato organ
 w:ss,,sans :s, and thhs American Cotton Growers'
 sxchangs k central agency which will un-
 ssrtake to correlate the efforts of each state. In this manner the entire pool will be under
 ratchful guardianship, with the end in view of
 gradually marketing the staple at fair price Tor the grower.
 Earmers arc undertaking to do what big busi- |3eas does. Tho worst enemy of the farmer has |boSn his individualism. That has caused him to Hump his product on the market at the same kims that his ncighbor did, and the result has beou that neither received fair price. They |wore pitted against each other instead of act ine together. Cooperation is the slogan of the American farm, and is pulling 1t toward inde-
 endence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
RACE RELATIONS IN THE SOUTH

From the Houston Post
 Stories of the lynching of negroes in the south naturally tend to create the impression that the relations between the races in this section are extremely bad. Upon these reports the agitators of the question in the north feed, both they and their public overlooking the hundreds of instances in which the races cooperate and the tens of thousands of in- stances where whites and blacks entertain re- spect and regard for each other.
 While the country has been regaled with nu- merous lynching stories recently, the account of how white people in Winchester, Va, paid tribute to aged negro slave and his wife who were killed there few days ago comes in refreshing contrast. These worthy negroes it seems, were burned to death in their home, and negro relative was suspected of the crime. Scores of white people interested themselves in the case, demanding that the perpetrator of the crime be brought to justice. Not only this but the funeral of the aged negro was held at the home of white woman who was the daughter of his mothers master in pre-war days, while the body of the woman was kept at the home of the white family, where she worked, until the funeral
 Among the white persons present at the fu- neral or the olo negroes were several officlalS of the railroad company by whom the man had been employed for more than 35 years
 Where else, except in the south, could this have happened? Do any such incidents occur in New York other northeastern cities, where the agitators of the race question and the bait CTS of the south make headquarters?
 The incident is of the sort to counteract propaganda by racial agitators against the south. It brings to light the real feeling that responsible white people of the south enter tain toward worthy members of the negro races It is another assurance to the negroes them selves that those who live worthily es- teemed by their white neighbors, and that their lives and interests will be protected.
 The old-time negro has the friendship of all true southerners. There will always be place in the south for the negro of his type.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
PLANNING BIG SING

"We are planning for big sing out in Munger Bowl, Birmingham-Southern college, to be held Monday afternoon, May 29,' said o. Gordon Erickson.
 'The sing will be held in conjunction with the senior class day exercises of Birmingham Southern, but will be a big sing for the whole city. This is the second concert that has been given in Munger Bowl this spring, the first being on Easter Sunday and was a great success.
 Munger Bowl is ideally located for com munity concerts and will in the future be used more and more for big social gatherings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
ENJOYED VISIT HERE

T have certainly enjoyed my visit to Bir- mingham as well as the state association of insurers that has been assembled here for the past two days" said E. M. Allen, former presi- dent of the National Association of Insurers.
 Birmingham is a fine city. and believe that it's future is bright as any other in the country. I can say that I have been royalty treated during my brief stay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
MILLIONS MOURN

often wonder how the flappers feel
 When one they worship on the silver sheet; Who plays the lover bold, and true as steel, With hosts of fair admirers at his feet, Is welded to the lady of his choice
 And maybe takes trip to foreign parts. fear the movie fans do not rejoice,
 fear it sends pang through countless
 hearts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
BOND ISSUE POPULAR

'T believe the bond issue is gaining in popu- larity, and the strong editorial in The Birmng- ham Age-Herald yesterday morning will do much to boost the ballot for the issue on Mon day." declared City Attorney W. J. Wynn, who stated further that although he expected the vote to be fairly close, he opinionated that it would carry with little doubt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
TROUBLE BREWING

William Wooster Has a rooster
 And a flock of hens; He lets them roam Away from home
 Instead of building pens. Robert Harden Has a garden
 In that neighborhood; The chances they = Won't have an affray
 Are not so very good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
NEW MOVIE CORPORATION

Many Birmingham people probably haven't been impressed with the fact that picture corporation has been operating here for more than five months, and that local talent is being trained every day in the art of silent drama" declared Paul s. Wright.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
BUSINESS COMES FIRST

~What have you in the way of q bungaiow9S
 Here's neat design. called The Love Nest We mix little sentiment with our busi- ness"
 ''So do the furniture men, but notice they go right ahead and drag the furniture out of Love Nest when the installments arc not paid" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
SEVENTY CENTS TOO MUCH

From the Kansas City Times.
 Three men thrown from boat in Lake Mich igan yesterday were rescued from death by four Boy Scouts The rescued men gave the boys $1 for their trouble. Just like those Chi cago men-always overestimating their own value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20

The Japs will get out of Siberia about the time the Hohenzollerns leave Holland flat.
 < An American marriage in Mexico is apt to be irregular. Nearly everything else is.
 # Lloyd Georges oration over the remains at Genoa was plucky, but not convincing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
BAD FOR PATRONAGE

"How many movie theatres in Chiggers- ville?"
 "Three,' said Squire Witherbee
 q suppose they are always crowded?" Not always. Sometimes the Ladies Uplft society recommends film and business falls off considerably"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
AN UNKNOWN CLIENT

"Was anything found in the dead mans pock- cts that would identify him?"
 Nothing but a recipe for home brew and a telephone number"
 "Why didn't you call the telephone number?" We did, but we couldn't get satisfactory answer. The place had just been raided."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
A DELUsIoN
From Judge.

From Judge.
 Mother, what is conscience-money?"
 q don't believe there is any such thing, or I'd have received some from the intelligence office long ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-20
LOOKING AHEAD

'Young man, you couldn't begin to support my daughter"
 q could begin all right. The question is, What would be your attitude in about six months'?"