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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
PROSPERITY F D R
ALABAMA 9TH 6
Sc { N IN RI P D R 7.
Employment Gains in States
Industry Shown in Re-
port of Department
of Labor
WASHINGTON BUREAU |
THE AGE-HERALD
yE,ut.t--tDr, N a. n.n IN

The department Of labor in an Off
cial statement today summarizes It's
November canvass of business con-
ditions in the following terms:
Expansion of employment
throughout the nation has been the
greatest since January. Further ex-
pansion was prevented by inadequate
rail transportation. Employment
gains in iron and steel were almost
equaled by the advance in tobacco,
textiles and metal products other
than iron and steel"
The statistics are gathered from
1,428 firms in $50 principal industrial
cities. These firms had in service
November so, 1853 more men than
on October 81. Iron and steel added
1875.
Alabama Conditions Better
Specifically regarding Alabama the
report follows:
General industrial employment sit
nation highly satisfactory; every
town and city In the state displays
an Increase. transportation slightly
better, but coal mines and lumber
mills are still suffering from car
shortage. Iron and steel reveals a
considerable increase in employment.
Birmingham. Bessemer, Fairfield
and Ensley: Employment conditions
remain favorable. Substantial gains
made by 40 industrial concerns, with
steady demand for both skilled and
unskilled labor. Iron and steel re-
vea1s marked improvement in en-
pioyment. Coal miners in demand In
this section. Pig iron employment
during the past few weeks has been
the greatest of the year, and steel
mills are operating 100 per cent
About 444 buildings under construc-
ton, employing 2,22o workers; street
and highway construction amounting
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

Summary OF observations made at sta
lions of the United States Weather Bureau
during the "a hours ending at p. M, Goth
meridian time, December 10, 1922:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

these people must wake up from
their sleep. They must realize that
| trampling on the peoples rights is 1
| dangerous thing for them.
! Baldwin boasts in his statemen
| that McLane is lying in prison nov
| guilty of the Mills murder. | de
clare to you that it is outrageous for
any officer to tell the people that a
man is guilty before he has even been
| tried
Need Concrete Expression
"But we must have some concrete
| expression from the people of Biz
mingham to give to the state that
there will be no replica here of the
old Spanish inquisition. Under the in
QUESTION, as some of you doubtless
| know, people were intimidated and
threatened into making confessions
against themselves and against 9TH
ers. They were tortured and sub
jected to indignities and humiliation.
That is what is going on today, ana
there must be stop to 1t.
AS l came by the old post office
on my way here, there were gangs
of soldiers hanging out the windows
jeering at passers-by who were com
Ing to this meeting. In the middle of
one of the groups there leered the
face of a black savage that would
convince any man that he was capable
of doing the most dastardly acts inn
asinable. That negro helped cause
the arrest of some of these very men
who are seated before you.
I'VE are going to present a resolu-
ton and l hope you will adopt 1t that
we may send a message to the rest
of Alabama and the nation that we
are going to protect here in Birming-
ham the inalienable rights that were
secured to us by our forefathers."
| At the conclusion of Mr.. Altman's
| speech, the resolution was read by
Chairman King. Practically the
whole house stood when he asked for
an affirmative vote, and. when he
asked for mays" cries and jeers from
] over the house caused Miller, the man
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

The current of the river Amazon
is felt $50 miles out at sea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
DAILY BUSINESS EDITORIAL
Benefit of Association of Concurrent Facts
Rx RICHARD E. JOHNSTON
By RICHARD F. JOHNS ios

nothing Statistics of current finance prod
n shipping and of themselves Illuminating
statistics of like nature at oner PERIODS und
liar or different conditions S Illuminating.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
INDUCTION SCENE
MERRY PROLOGUE
Fritz Leiber in Tanning of the
ShreW' at the Jeffer-
son Theatre

An interesting play in Fritz Lei
ber's repertoire Is Tanning OF the
Shrew.1 a modernized version with
the Induction Scene" which serves
as a merry prologue to this laughable
farce The Induction Scene" has not
been played in this country since
Beerbohm Trees repertoire, although
it is given occasionally in London by
Oscar Asche.
practical joke is inflicted upon a
drunken vagabond by waggish
lord. When the ale guzzler awakes
from his tupor he finds himself in
a luxurious bed. arrayed in a patrt-
clan night shirt and served most dill
gently by a gorgeous retinue. lie
Is told that he has been mad for
years and has at last recovered his
senses; that he Is not plain Chris
topher Sly. eminent only as the VII
lage topper, but an aristocrat sur
rounded by all the implements of
opulence, including a faithful wife.
When he begins to believe in the
hoax, theatrical performance is
staged for his diversion. and then
Christopher Sly passes out of the
picture and the real play begins In
earnest.
Mr.. Leiber plays Petruchio In the
regular portion of the play, with
Olive. Oliver as Katherine and the
others cast in amiable roles. 1t viii
be offered here Monday and Wednes-
day nights at the jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
THE WEATHER

Washington, December 1o.-Aia-
bama: Mostly cloudy Monday and
Tuesday; slowly rising temperature
Tuesday.
Mississippi: Mostly cloudy Monday
and Tuesday with slowly rising tenn
perature.
Tennessee: Fair and warmer Mon
day; Tuesday cloudy and warmer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

to whom Senator elect Brewer had
referred, to rise.
Cards were distributed through the
audience asking Endorsement of the
cause which the mass meeting repre-
scented. These cards were collected
at the end of the meeting.
Two patriotic songs were sung be-
tween the speeches by Mrs. John
Peck One was "Marsellaise" and the
other was For You, old Glory"
The earliest prehistoric shields
were probably made of wood.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
Two 1Y-sTANDERs KILLED

Clarksburg, w. Va, December 10.
One participant and two by-standers,
girl and an infant, were shot and
killed at Meadowbrook tonight as the
consequence of an argument between
Joseph Tuessi, delivery man land
his brother -in-law, James Aillo. The
dead are Tuessi, his sixmonths-oid
child, and Annette Bart, 8, who was
holding the infant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
CONDITIONS OVER
NATION SATISFACTORY

New York, December 10.--Reports
concerning the fundamental condi-
tons underlying the financial mar
kets continued to be satisfactory the
past week. Railroad traffic Is hold
ing at an extraordinarily high level
considering the season. Thus car
loadlngs during the week ended Mo-
vember rs totaled 955,0o0 cars. which
represents an increase OF 2s2.oo over
the corresponding time week ago
and $4,000 over tho same week in
1920.
Although the weeks movement was
Soma $4,000 cars smaller than In the
preceding seven-day period, this de-
cline Is more than accounted for by
the loss of traffic resulting from cess
sation OF navigation on the great
lakes. Loadings OF merchandise and
miscellaneous freight were. in fact,
greater.
steel Remains Firm
Steel prices remain firm and con-
sumers are showing some disposition
to carry reasonable stocks, feeling
that another coal strike next year is
not beyond the bounds Of possibility
Although the total amount of coal
produced was cut into by the recent
holiday. 1t appears that bituminous
output is continuing at daily rate
corresponding to 100000 tons a
week.
Final figures for the earnings of
Glass 1 roads during October show
that the total net for the month
amounted to s5,00o,o00, which while
some 100000 900 below the total in
the same month a year ago, when
earnings were unusually good Is still
s27.o0oooo better than the showing
in September.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
sleN.MAPs ASSIST TRAVELLER
Example Set by State Of Maryland
Might Well Be FOLLOWED BY
Other Commemorative.

Maryland has set an example thai
might probably be followed by all
states. says the Pittsburgh Dispatch
Instead Of the curt and usually I'm
satisfying rond sign that leaves the
traveller frequently more puzzled than
before. Maryland has begun 10 erect
sIgn.mnps that tell the traveller where
he Is /; that Indicate the general dirPc-
ton to other points and the distances
between such points. Thus. instead
Of being told a road leads to some
plArc the tourist may never have
heard of. the sIyn-inap will show him
that II is either on or of the way TO
the place he is anxious to reach
Such siEn-m maps should not be neces-
sarily expensive to put up. nor elnbor-
ate. In fnct, the simpler the better.
But how many times has lost motor
list sighed for some such simple dc.
vice that would show lin where he
was and how he could get TO the
plsce he was trying to reach? The
ordinary road signs. even when legi-
bile. are seldom OF much value except
to local people, who do not need them.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

demonstration last spring II the
farmers In the district would con-
tribute materials and labor. The re-
Spouse was gratifying. Nineteen men
aud Ave teams were furnished. and
In two and II half days the road and
bridge were completed. Everything
needed WAS on hand In the community
50 that M time was lost going I" the
mill for anything, the only expense
being $40 Invested In nails. The
road was constructed with both gravel
and corduroy.
The demonstration wns one of the
most successful ever carried out In the
country. Nothing could have met with
more general approval and sntisfac-
tion. One farmer who makes two trips
to nnrket week said he would save
over $40 on every trip over the new
road because Of the shorter haul.
About 800 people will be benefited by
The Improvement.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
BETTER
ROADS
COMMUNITY BUILDING SAVES
Farmers in Alabama County Get To.
ssthsr and Reconstruct Washed
Out Bridge and Road.

prepared by the United States Department
Of AEriculture.l
Because of 100 yards of flooded.
swampy area. farmers In Autangn
county, Ala. were obliged for several
years to make n detour Is four miles to
reach the market, the town. the corn
mill, strip mill. gin house, church. or
school, There had been Il road in use
for many years which led across II
creek at the heart Of marshy dis
trIct by means Of q bridge. This road
was long neglected through lack of
community cooperation and In the
winter floods Of 1919 the bridge was
washed away so that the rond became
entirely impossible.
The county agent from the United
States Depai tment OF Agriculture and
the State Agricultural college felt that
some action should he taken. md
offered tn conduct II road-huildIng
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
PERIODIC BILIOUS ATTACKS

Persons subject to bilious attacks at
regular intervals know about when to
expect an attack. They find that they
have no desire for food when nm at
tack is due but usually eat because 1t
IL meal time. slip one meal and take
three OF Chumbcrlain's Tablets ana
YOU may he able to avoid the attack.
Persons subject to periodic bilious at.
tacks should not drink ten or coffee at
any time.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
MY EVENING PRAYER.

n have wounded any soul today.
II have caused one foot to go astray.
II have walked in my own willful way
Good Lord forgive!
II have uttered Idle words or vain.
II l have turned aside from want or pain.
Lest myself should suffer through the
strain
Good Lord forgive,
II have eraved for JOY. tina, ar. not
II have let my hayward heart repine.
Dwelling on things of earth. not things
divine
Good Lord forgivsl
II have been perverse. or hard. or cold.
II have ionged for shelter In the fold
When Thou hast given me some part TO
hold
Good Lord forgive,
Forgive the sins have confessed to thee.
Forgive the secret sins do not sec.
That which ] know not. Father. teach
Thou me
Help me to live.
&C. Maude Battersby. in indianapolis
NeWu' HI7a
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
Nap Caused Trouble.

worked In furniture repair shop.
One night just as I was about to close
IN the shop and go home, great
storm came up. After waiting several
hours for the torrents to ceaser l de-
cided to take little nap. and. re-
moving my shoes. curhd up on a
large couch near the show window.
When my boss came next morning he
wondered why there WAS such crowd
around his window. Then he discov-
cred me still fast asleep, with my feet,
clad In lavender socks. with large holes
In the heels. stuck up In the window.
Believe me. ! got my walking papers
Exchange.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

nuisance II becomes. The poet says
: In happy homes we see the light
Of firesdes cleaning warm ant
bright and the description is alluring
but have you ever been responsible fol
one Of those fireplaces cleaning warn
and bright? II so, you know 1t cost
more thnn its worth.
my wife was an admirable woman
In every respect, and never wear.
of extolling her splendid qualities OF
heart and mind, but she was cranh
on neatness. Our house always wal
like u new pin. She wouldn't stand TO,
anything that looked like disorder. ant
this characteristic Of hers caused m'
much misery.
1--WE had an old-fashioned heating
stove which burned big chunks o,
wood, and 1t might have been possible
to be comfortable by 1t In wintr5
weather, Ind my wife been Of more
liberal mind. When 1t became appar
ent to the most casual observer thai
bad weather WINS coming. wanted t.
bring in enough wood to last until th'
elements took In their sign. My plar
was to have a large box behind thu
stove, and I'LL 1t with wood. But m.
beloved Arnbella said she'd be ever
lnstingly keelhauled and kerfiummixet
before she'd have an old woOdbox II
the sitting room. She exhausted hel
energy and intellect, she said. making
our sitting room credit to the ram
lily, and she wasn't going to have an!
old boxes kicking around.
Neither would she permit me to pilt
reserve supply Of wood in the kitchen
She argued that the kitchen should bt
ms orderly and neat as the parior. ant
there was NO more striking evidence
Of bad housekeeping than piles o
wood here and there.
"You may ask why didn't put m!
foot down and assert myself as hea,
Of the family, but when q man has
been married a few years he gets tire'
of putting his foot down. since Il
never acconplishes anything. He IL
willing to make any sacrifice for tn
sake Of balny peace.
1.-THE result Of my wife's attitude o.
this question was that had to be nj
ways drilling out to the woodshed foi
fuel. and there's nothing more disgust
Ing than leaving a warm sitting room
on such an GRAND. Before leaving thu
house I had to put on my overshoes
80 wouldn't bring In any snow whei
I returned. Having secured my arm
load of wood, had to lay It down OF
the back porch while I took off m,
overshoes. and then gather It up ngalI
and carry 1t Into the house.
"This done, my estimnble wife woult
follow my track to the back door. witt
her hands in the air. in gesture o.
despair, saying had left trail o!
bark and sllvers and other refuse, nnt
II had the first instincts Of gentle
man I'd clean up the mess had made
Having the second rs we'll ms the frs
instincts Of gentleman, got the
broom and dustpan and removed thu
debris. 1t was the snme way when
carried out the ashes. I never coult
carry out ashes without dropping sam
pies on the floor. and then I'd have tt
get down on my marrowbones ant
clean up. and by the time seated my
self by the stove to rest, the fire woult
be low again. and I'd have to scoo'
into the bowling tempest once more
It was this sort Of thing that drove
me- homeless wanderer. from the
busy haunts."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

Being In charge Of young man.
two years old, I took him. with his
parents, to church.
On that day special collection was
taken up. As the collection plate
pissed us I deposited my Offering and
give him small amount to place in
the collection plate.
You can imagine my embarrassment.
when he deposited his Offering and.
for value received. he pulled out a
handful of bills and started for the
dOur.-Exchange.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

covered cottage IL
town. and wish ]
were seated by It
"And then COM
painful recollec
tons which no
only reconcile M
to my cave IL thu
woods but con
vince me that !,
am the most for
tunate OF men
The thing we cal
comfort Ia a delu
sion. The inor'
modern q house
Is, the create
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
Deadly Work Of Lightning.

While riding one mule OF team
with which he was hauling timber.
nIneteen-year-old boy was instantly
killed by bolt of lightning which
came from an apparently clear sky IN
Tallahassee. Ala. Two negroes and
a dog under an oak tree beside tile
road were hit by the same bolt and
one negro and the dog were killed.
The other was knocked unconscious.
All the mules were killed.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

nm 20 sorry," said the beautiful
motorist who had knocked down
pedestrian.
Madam" replied her victim, as he
mnde a sweeping bow. II can't say
that it's a pleasure to be struck by an
automobile. but when the driver hap
pens to be such a fair creature as you.
/ find that my vocabulary Of oaths Is
reduced to a simple Tut. tut Dir
mingham Age-Herald.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

A stretch of hardsurfaced rond In
the southern states, 25 miles In length
WAS difficult to be found six years
ago, whereas at present there nre any
number OF harti-surfaced roads from
% to 100 miles In length.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
AB0I,T DIGESTION

1t is claimed that only half Ms much
food IL required when 1t Is thoroughly
mnsticated. Digestion begins In the
mouth and thorough mastication OK
the food is of the greatest Importance.
When needed take Chambcrlnin's Tab
lets to strengthen the digestion and III
sure n regular movement OF the how
els.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
TOLL AND TROUBLE

SST MUST admit that life In the ~
i van solitudes has Its drawback
In the winter time" confessed the Will
man Of the woods. There are times
when think with penslve longing o:
the heating stove we had In our vine
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

To enlIgh'en them upon Inc usually
confusing foreign traific regulations.
Americans motoring through France
are supplied with n code Of the road
booklet by the minister Of public
works.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
Advantage.

Peter Lower was digging away at
the weeds in his potato patch. "Makes
It much harder to have the weeds go
thick, don't III" remarked Lem Beehe,
leaning over the fence.
"Nope, easier" declared Pete; you
don't have to walk 30 far to the next
weed."-Everybody's MagaSine.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

ITO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
uEREFORDS will he sold at auction
mt Denver Stock yards, Thursday,
MAY II, 1922. months time at per
cent interest. For catalogues. send
to G G COCHRAN 4 SONS.
a29.m0 Hays, Kansas.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
Trained,

Trained.
ever know why folks say a. smart
~ steel trspr"
well. it's because q steel trap
knows when to shut up."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

A hedgehog which weighed 70
pounds was killed by n Waterford,
VT. man. The animal was ~ feet
long
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

found that the fish Will continue to
pull the string after the halt has all
becn pulled from II. II fed at regular
hours In the morning. the fish will ap-
penr regularly each day.-Armstrong
Perry in Popular Science Monthly.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-02-23
on Her pIonIty.

Sir Peter o'Brien, a lord CHIEF Jus
tice Of ireland, was going MS COM
missioner Of assizes on the Munster
circuit, on which he had been for
years a leader. A somewhat litigious
female witness OF the peasant class,
with whom the chief justice when
practising at the bar had been pro-
fessionally acquainted. was giving
evidence.
The chief justice interfered with q
question, and commenced thus: "Now.
Peggy, tell me --" The witness, with
with ludlcrous expression Of offended
dignity, thus rebuked his lordsliip's
familiarity Of manner; Mrs. Mortar.
ty, Pcther, II you plaze."
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-02-23
ED. NoWE's FAvOhIre STORY
well-I<nown Kansas editor TAKES
Pride IN EHsctuai Way He
squelched Bore.

3. W. Howe Of Kansas has been
something Of traveller He made a
number Of trips abroad and went
twice around the world. 1t was on
his flrst trip abroad that ne encoun-
tered one Of the sea hounds whose
chief boast is concerned with the mum
Der Of times they have crossed the At.
inntlc. Mf. Howe tells the incident as
his favorite story.
us this your first tripT' The sen
hound asked Mr.. Howe on the occas
sion Of their frst meeting. Mr. Howe
admitted that II was. "weli,p said
the sea hound, "Tve crossed the Attain
tie 40 times" On the second dny the
sea hound again put the question to
Mr.. Howe and again vouchsafed the
same observation. He repeated It III
frequent intervals during the trip.
It was on the sixth day., after the
sea hound had again spoken OF the
number Of his crossings, that Mr..
Howe said to him; ''By the way. have
you ever been to omaha7" The sen
hound said he never had ''Well,n re-
torted Mr.. Howe. aI 60 there every
week. Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-02-23
PLANS GREAT MOUNTAIN CAMP
American Legion in New York to Pro-
vide Hunting Lodge for the Tu.
bercuiar Ex.Soldiers.

Curing tubercular ex-soldIers by Civ
ing them hunting lodge In the Ad.
irondacks is the most recent plan of
the American Legion In New York
state. A mammoth mountain camp, 80
miles from Saranac lake, has been Sc
cured. its doors to be opened to the
10000 service men who cannot now
find a bed. In the adjoining forest,
comprising 1900 acres OF state pre-
serve, will soon be scattered lean-tos
and shelters, where disabled men will
bunk In solid comfort, breathing the
air which can restore them TO health.
Permission to use the preserve as
a hunting ground has been granted by
the state; and at the main camp on
Big Tupper lake there will be bowl
ing alleys, motor boats and athletic
fields at the disposal OF the patients.
Each Legion post In the stute has been
given the chance to put up Its own
lean-tO, men of that post to be given
precedence in occupancy. Twenty
thousand dollars has already been sub.
scribed to the fund.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-02-23

ican Legion. Arkansas stands ready
to stake her against all comers.
Digging around in oyster flnts in the
Arkansas river, assiduous citizens pro-
duced beautiful pearl which they
bestowed on Marshal Foch during his
visit. And picking around in the Ar
kansas diamond mines other citizens
uncovered an Arkansas diamond,
which was presented to Hanford Mac
Nider, commander of the Legion. Per
sistently refusing to be ''misunder-
Stood" this hearty state is manifest
ing surprising fertility of soil, with
its diamonds and pearls and women.