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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
WHAT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE
 PROBES REVEAL

Probes by the government into expenditures on war plants will have the same result in each case It will be shown, was stated by Sen asor Oscar Underwood in speech in Birming- ham during the World war, that the treasury of the United States was not appropriating money, but shoveing it out that the war might be won.
 The government is Investigating the sale of the Old Hickory Powder plant near Nashville to the Nashville Industrial corpora tion, which acquired it for $3,500,OOO. The plant cost the government $70,000,o0o. There is great discrepancy between the cost price and the sales price. If the plant had been built by . well-managed private corporation this wide gap between cost and sales prices might cause surprise, but not where the government was concerned during the World war.
 Whether at Muscle Shoals, Hog Island or Nashville, there was the same reckless cost plus system, the builders knowing that the more they spent the more they would get
 Muscle Shoals nitrate plant No. 1 cost $7o,OoO,O ,Ooo, and plant No. cost sl3,ooo,- 900. Ire most generous offer made for the entire project is $5,ooOooo.
 Investigations now being conducted and those to come will serve no useful purpose, ex- cept to srow the inefficiency of government control and operation of business enterprises
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
GENERAL STANLEY IS CANDIDATE

q am candidate from the state at large as a delegate to the state convention, which is to be held in Montgomery on September T." said Gen. J. B. Stanley, veteran head of the Greenville Advocate and beloved and respect ed by newspaper men everywhere. As is customary, the names on the ticket will be in alphabetical order, That being the case, my name will come about the eleventh on the ticket There are 15 candidates, and 10 to be elected. great many of the voters, caring but little about the matter, and probably not knowing the mem will simply make the cross before the first 10. I hope my friends will keep my name in mind when they start down the list
 q was the first of them all to qualify as a candidate, and while I could have been elected as delegate from my county or my senatorial district without opposition, I pre- ferred to go, if I should be elected, from the whole state."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20

lazy Einstein noted prohibition sleuth, claims bartender gave him kerosene when he or dered whisky. The wonder is that some alert bartender didn't do that earlier in Izzy's ca reer.
 A tourists guide warns prospective trans atlantic voyagers to make friends with stew ard, who can prove very helpful while one is acquiring pair of sea legs.
 
 An Ohio girl says she made a married preacher elope with her, which is an agree able variation of the time-worn excuse, "The woman tempted me-"
 The stage beauty who married the Gould millions wept because the wedding ring was too small. Surely she doesn't see the divorce court ahead?
 The former Emperor of China, Is years old will marry three wives in October. Although he is out of a job, his income will support them
 Colonel Bailey proves to his own satisfaction in the Houston Post that Julius Caesar was democrat. Brutus didn't think so
 < x "No More War; demonstrations will be held III AIHeflCa dHu dDIOau LHlS IloHbH. lHey won't amount to much.
 # The well paved boulevards of Los Angeles make it easy to motor out into the suburos and commit murder.
 y Senator LaFollette, candidate for renomi- nation, is once more yelping on the trail of predatory wealth.
 The tenor of President Harding's life is jeopardized. He is being urged to use the mailed fist.
 The young man who married 5,000,000 pounds in London the other day has a prom ising future
 Bluff street in Pittsburg ought to be the rendezvous of gentlemen who live by their wits.
 When every Mexican owns flivver they'll discover that gasoline and pulque won't mix.
  Herrin is small town, but it has put blot on Illinois that covers the entire state. Elmer Dover has been transformed from stormy petrel'' into Flame duck"
 < Relativity may not mean much to the hu- man race, but gravity does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
ALABAMA MERCHANTS WILL
 MEET IN AUGUST

Merchants of northern and central Alabama will be guests of the Wholesale Merchants and Manufacturers association of the Chamber of Commerce August 29-31. From now on the entertainment committee of that association, whose membership comprises Birmingham's leading wholesalers, will be busy arranging a program for the three-day period.
 Holding a convention of out-of-town mer- chants in Birmingham has become an annual event, with from 1000 to 2,O00 merchants in attendance. More visitors than usual are ex- pected this year for two reasons: The mer- chants are more prosperous and feel more like taking few days off from business, and closer relations have undoubtedly been estab- lished between the northern and central Ala bama merchants and the wholesalers of Bir- mingham.
 Freight rates, mounting higher and higher during and after the war, combined with the tight money situation, caused merchants to consider freight rates more than they ever had before, and to buy in small lots Whole salers likewise were inclined to restrict credits. This brought the country merchant to the closest wholesale center where he could get supplies on short notice, have prompt ship ment and save freight bills.
 The merchants discovered that Birmingham wholesalers carried large and well-assorted stocks and learned to trade at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
BASEBALL FOR ENcLIsHMEN
From the Boston Transcript.

From the bOSton 1Idnscripe.
 The inertia of the masses is perhaps the most powerful obstacle with which Sir Arthur will have to contend as he begins to carry out his self-appointed role of acting as baseball's ad- vance agent in England. Britishers of all ages and conditions have chung with all the Briton's traditional tenacity to the game of cricket, itself a sport with many good points. There is some thing in the numbering gait of the cricketeer, and in the lesurely requirements of cricket match that seem peculiarly we'll adapted to the English temperament. A cricket match is a so- cial event, lasting as often as not for several days, and afternoon tea is time-honored cere- money at most of the leading matches. Imagine a half-hours intermission for tea, for both spec tators and players in the seventh inning of baseball game, when excitement on both sides is at a white-heat pitch! Efforts have been made in years past to transplant the American nationa game onto English soil, but these eff forts have heretofore met with indifferent sue cess Granted that baseball is better game intrinsically than cricket, that it is much bet ter suited to the fire and dash of youth, the fact remains that English boys for hundred years have been brought up to play cricket with their elders, and habit of centuries is not cas- fly to be broken. Logically, baseball, properly introduced, ought to capture English youth It. orally overnight. But will it thus be accepted even though so eminent man as Sir Arthur is it's sponsor?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
, AMERICANS SHOULD LEAD
 WORLD IN AVIATION

In letter to the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, President Harding expresses the perfunctory desire that utilization of the air for transportation and communication be le- vsloped to such an extent that America wilt lead the world.
 "As government the President wrote, i've are aiming to provide this art with necessary guarantees of law and with such facilities as may be possible through the encouragement of airways and terminals"
 Since the World war ended the government has done but little to develop aviation in the United States. A country that is the birth place of the airplane is tagging far behind Eu- rope. It was recently reported that English military authorities. were concerned because France had 25o airplane squadrons. There are aan te bs 20. well established air routes op-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20

sratsd " German concerns. The American pest oflice department has transported mail or vear by airplanes without a fatality. Ihsre e a few short commercial lines in op- eFsticn In the United States, but so far as nation idle aviation is concerned we have made 'ow progress.
 4nevitably, America will have to catch up with Europe in the use of aircraft. Apart from military considerations, air transportation will be an important factor in the future prosperity of this and other countries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
THE ONLY THINGS

Carol Haynes, in Eyerybodys Magazine Beloved, though our lives are checkered o'er With fitful glooms and gleams, I think the only things worth living for Are memories and dreams. We touch the close-curled bud before the
 bloom
 With tender finger-tips, And kiss the crumpled petals in tho bloom With reverent trembling lips. Remember this forever-that we keep
 Closest to heaven when We leave this little world to smile or weep. It shall not matter then What days of pain or hours of rapture roll Upon us through the years. Dreams are. the smiles, beloved, of the soul And memories are the tears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
VESTS EuLocY ON THE DOG

By Senator George G. Vest of Missouri.
 Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dear est to us, those whom we trust with our hap piness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith The money that man has he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A mans reputation may be sacrificed in moment of ll-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
SHUTTING JURY BOX

"I have heard of the ballot box being stuffed, but am engaged now in stuffing the jury box myself said Sam Andrews, clerk of the jury commission. q am now busy going over the county getting names and addresses of those qualified for jury service. The commission wishes to get as many names in the jury boxes as possible by the time fall court opens. A number of jurors will then be required with all the courts going in full swing
 'In my journey over the county am struck with the shift in the population. It is conse- quently necessary to continually change the jury list. In the city here I find that the city directory does not contain near all the names of those who are qualified for jury duty.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
THE LIMIT OF MEANNEss

From the Washington Star.
 Human meanness takes strange forms some times, but for sheer brutality nothing meaner has ever been known that the 'joke" played upon little boy in this city the other day by man who, fortunately for himself, is unknown Passing the child on the road in the suburbs, he halted the car he was driving and, accosting the youngster, handed him what he said was piece of candy and told him to bite it and he would get more. The trusting little fellow did as he was told and the thing exploded in his mouth, inflicting shocking wound and probably im- pairing his speech permanently. The joker" with laugh, drove away.
 This conduct is beyond any understanding. It can be accounted fer only on the ground of some sort of insanity, perhaps temporary and induced by drink, possibly chronic and taking the form of active cruelty. At any rate, such a man should not be at liberty. For he will probably do other things of the same nature choosing his victims with care for his own safety, helpless children, probably, who cannot give clues to his identity. Doubtless if an adult had been within sight of the car he would not have chosen this particular child for his ghastly prank.
 No punishment is quite adequate for such an atrocity. Every effort should be made to find this fiend. If there is aayone in Wash ington who has an idea who this man is it is his duty to give information to the police. A degenerate of this type is likely to boast of his exploit and whoever hears him should friend or foe, make report. For there is danger to all long one of this kind is at large.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
MUSCLE SHOALS PROJECT MUST
 NOT BE SCRAPPED

Commenting on the action of the Senate ag ricultural committee rejecting the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals, the New York Herald de- clares that it would have been unbusinesslke and betrayal of the taxpayers interests if his bid had been accepted. Continuing, the Herald says:
 The truth is that if any great banking syndi-
 cate the industrial corporation had
 made such offer Henry Ford made and the
 government had seriously considered 1t storm
 of popular criticism would have burst upon the heads of the public officers venturins nego-
 tiate the deal And beyond doubt if the govern
 ment had dared to close the matter with
 body else in the exact Henry Ford sought
 have the government close it with him the very influences which have tried to deliver the Muscle shoals plant to Henry Ford would have de-
 nounced the bargain as cardinal national scandal of indelibIe stain
 Nobody else should get what Henry Ford could not get the same terms and Henry Ford should not get what nobody ought to set-
 The government should sell the great but useless former war plant, and the taxpayers would
 be lucky to get rid of 1t. But when the plant goes
 buyer, Henry Ford whoever 1t be. it fever ought to under contract requiring the government to shovel millions of dollars more
 into the project for the benefit of the buyer.
 Rather than sink more money in it the govern
 nient would do better for itself and for the tax payers dynamite the thing off the face of the
 earth.
 There is only stand for sovernmen, of business sense and political vision to take in the matter of the Muscle Shoals proiect-a clean sale at the best price that be got. with strings tied to it. or-serapl
 Admitting, for the sake of argument, that Henry Ford has offered less than the Muscle Shoals property is worth, how is the govern ment going to sell it if nobody else has made a bid, or is liable to make one, that is even worth consideringf The offers of Mir. Ford's competitors were rejected without record vote The committee and in fact nearly every mem Der of Congress who has expressed himself on the subject, including those opposed to Ford, concede that his proposal is the only one sub mitted that can be taken seriously.
 Nobody wanted Muscle Shoals until the Ford offer was made. It was white elephant Now it has become immensely valuable, and the poIi- ticians are 50 afraid the American people will be robbed that it is one of the biggest issues before Congress. Government ownership and operation is out of the question. If the offer of the only manufacturer in the country who is willing to pay anything like reasonable price and seems capable of developing the pro- ject is rejected, what then9 Scrap it, as the Herald suggests! Throw away $100 0,000,o ,o00. allow the great plants already built to fall into ruin, lose the opportunity to save the American farmer millions of dollars in fertil- izer, continue to depend on Chile for nitrates aad halt what promises to bs ono of the great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20

their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful treacherous, is his dog. Gentlemen of the jury, mans dog stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health and in sickness He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fercely, if only he may be near his masters side. He will kiss the hand that has sores that come in encounter with the rough ness of the world He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were prince. When all other friends desert he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens. If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, frendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks
 no higher privilege than that of accompany ing him to guard against danger, to fight
 against his enemies, and when the last scene
 of all comes and death takes the master in it's
 embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faith full and true, even to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
GOOD SPEECH, ANYHOW

"That was great speech you made to the jury"
 Thanks" said the eminent criminal lawyer.
 Why, even your client wept. Your descrip- tion of his poor old mother waiting at home for her wandering boy was masterpiece. She should have heard it."
 I'm afraid that out of the question As a matter of fact, he tells me she died when he was a baby"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
NEIGHRoRHoop NOISES

In books are met adventures rare You'll first require an easy chair, But for literary diet
 You'll also need some peace and quiet. In flats where records run to jazz And each a squaliing infant has, You'll find it hard to concentrate Upon the gallant hero's fate And through the printed pages faring, You'll stop sometimes and fall to swearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
EXTREME DIscoURTEsY

"If the intruder was polished in his man. ner and well dressed he must have been a gen. teman burglar"
 "No," replied Colonel Potter, sadly. "No gentleman would have pointed pistol at me and compelled me to look on in silent misery while he consumed the last drop of Scotch had on the place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20

est industrial developments ever witnessed in the United States? That would be an economic crime. The American people, not the southern people alone, will never stand for scrapping Muscle Shoals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
PASSED BY THE BOARD

PASSED BY THE BOARD Jack and Jill Went up the hill
 With quite a congregation; When they were spied They just replied,
 "We're looking for Iocation.'" A movie play They did that day
 The kind, you know, to thrill lem. The piece was "shot," But it was not
 A million-dollar fillum. A rustic tale Of true loves bale
 Was how they chose to plan it, So very pure That they were sure
 No censor'd try to ban it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
ADJoURNING FOR REFRESHMENTS

"Mr. Bibbles has invited me to come over and sit on his veranda," remarked MT. Jagsby. Hap replied Mrs. Jagsby. "After you've sat there few minutes you'll both get up and go inside the house."
 "What for, woman?"
 'Well, it won't be for the purpose of calling up a prohibition officer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.

1VSW6.
 Never say dye to bald-headed man.
 The secret of success is the secret women never tell.
 The horn of plenty and the trumpet of fame make pleasant duet.
 woman can change her mind without ex- cusing herself to company.
 Why do they say streams run dry when everybody knows they run wet when they run at all?
 When things go dead wrong roll up your sleeves, go to work and try to revivify them.
 When . girl thinks that she has broken heart it is sign that it can stand lot more smashing.
 One way to make living is to find job of real work and make connections with good pay roll through the job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
JUST GRIEYANcE

"The lady who did the shooting is much dis tressed."
 "Has prison dampened her spirits, or does she suffer from remorse?"
 Neither. She says the pictures of her pub lished in the papers make her look like per feet fright" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
NAME. COLLEGE HEAD LATER

"Action on the new president for Womans college located in Montgomery has been post poned until early August" said Col. F. M. Jackson, chairman of the committee of trus- tees
 "Dr Mfflin w. Swartz, resigning pres:- dent, has consented to remain at the institu- ton until new president can be named by the committee. Woman's college is Alabama $ Methodist institution for young women, and takes care of 375 students"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
CONVENIENT EXIT

'YOu have door at the rear of your of fice?"
 "Yes,' said the editor of the Chiggersvills Clarion. 'It leads to an alley. When I first landed in this town and was, you might say, feeling my way around, that door stood open, too."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
CERTAINLY NOT

"It's shame.'
 ''Eh?"
 ''Why this coach is paid more than the professor who teaches Creek"
 ''You can't get stadium full of people ex- cited over Creek"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20

and homeseekers in the state. It is well that the president of the United Confederate Vet erans' association, General Carr. has repudiated this suicidal action. FRED T. LOFT1N. Indianapolis, Ind, 955 West Thirty-fifth
 Street, July IT, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
TRUCK GROWERS PLAN PICNIC

"We are expecting big time and big crowd at the annual picnic of the Jefferson County Truck Growers association at Chalk ville," said J. R. Cook, business manager of the association.
 "The outing will be held Saturday, and we are expecting at least 1000 persons, includ ing truck growers and their families, to at tend Dinner will be spread on the ground and there will be plenty of fried chicken and other eatables. Dr. W. R. Hendrix of the Highlands Methodist church and others will talk Candidates may come, but they will not be allowed to make any speeches"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
NEW COMBINE TAKES RAPID STRIDES

"The newly organized Travellers club, formed from members of the Travellers Pro- tective association and the United Commercial Travellers is making steps forward in rapid or der" said J. M. Bowman, president os Post B, T. P. A.
 "The club has at it's head Col H. E. Shrop- shire, who is known in the city and state for advancement of worthy projects. Colonel Shropshire has many worthy plans on foot now that should put the Travellers club to the front to stay in Alabama and Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
 Henry VI.
A MORNING PRAYER

thank thee, Lord, for the love find in unexpected places. May it help me to give love to men who do not expect to find it in me. Amen.-M. s. B.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-10-04
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"Safety.-First." ,

Wrist watches are no longer
novelty. lbut i happened to see wrist
attachment the other day while wait.
ing for train at the Union station
that attracted my attention. A young
man had q leather thong attached
to the handle of his bag, while the
other end was securely fastened TO his
wrist. Noticing that i was very much
interested in this unusual contriyance,
he volunteered the following informa.
ton: Son two or three occasions,
while putting my bag on the, floor to
purchase my ticket or, to secure Pull
man accommodations, have had peo-
pie attempt to pick up my bag and
walk of with it. OF course they i'm
Inediately apologized and 1 could not
accuse them OF stealing 1t, SOL hit
upon the plan of attaching it to my
wrist, from the time i leave my apart
ment until I am finally seated in the
train. 1t is truly remarkable how few
people now attempt to take my bag
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