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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
A RAILROAD INVENTORY

= An investigation started by the interstate
commerce commission to find out whether
American railroads are adequately supplied
with locomotives and cars, and whether the
methods Of using and interchangng equip
ment meet the nations transportation needs,
may be expected to throw light on deficlen-
cies that undoubtedly exist. There have
been many complaints that the railroads are
not giving the public the service to which
it Ia entitled. President Harding has called
attention to the necessity of co-ordinating
the railroads of the country so that such
break-downs In transportation as have been
experienced In the past may be prevented.
1t should be possible to find remedy for
recurring car shortages. If the railroads do
not possess enough cars and locomotives TO
transport all the commodities offered, it Is
their duty to provide this equipment, but one
cause of car shortages seems to be unequal
distribution. It would appear logical to send
cars where they are needed most, but 1t
often happens that cars are idle in one part
es,sof the country when there Is shortage
: somewhere else This is probably due to
lack of cooperation among the railroads
which would facilitate an exchange Of equip
ment.
At certain periods of the year there-is
large increase in the volume of freight Of
fered for shipment. When railroads do not
make ample provision to handle this increase
the loss falls partly on the railroads, but the
general public, including the producer and
the consumer, suffers most The railroads
might well subordinate their individual In
terests and rivalries to giving more efficient
and more evenly distributed service to the
ueoule.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
UN-AMERICAN HISTORIES

FIOHl tle oCIdHtOH htpQul .Cdii.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
in annual convention at Cincinnati,
voted to accept the proposal Of the
American Book company to CO -oper-
ate in making a study OF the United
States histories used in schools with
a view to the elimination of propa-
ganda that offends againss national
ideals. Col. T. l.. Huston, the ma
iicnal commander of the organiza-
ton, in addressing the convention,
/. declared that there should be q
careful revision Of the histor es used
as textbooks. so that the mind cs
the American youth is properly d.
rected and patriotism encouraged.
He cited the Ease of New York,
where two histories wers discarded
because they were found IL contain
un-Americaa propaganda. An al
most similar discovery had been
made in Boston. where The text
books used ate Icing subjected to a
careful examination. 1t is If the
very first in ool.ance tina. nothing
should be tauyh- n the schools tc9d-
ing to reflect ii any way on the
ideals which have fostered Amer
can patrio ism. Histories which
reflect on the country or on any o.
its great le&Gcrs should not oaly be
thrown out cf the schools, public
opinion should make then publica-
ton in this .,antIy impossible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
My Favorite Stories
BY IRWIN s. COBB
AIDING THE sHERIFF's VISION

The late Charlie Case, for many years
headliner in vaudeville, was, think, one
of the funniest men, and certainly one Of
the most original in his methods, that the
American stage has produced. Case en-
joyed one advantage over most of his fell
low comedians-he wrote all his own stuff.
1t will be recalled that he used to come sid
ling out of the wings in diffidert, apollo
getic sort of way and while twisting string
in and out of his fingers, tell sde-splitting
stories of what mythical father of his had
been saying and doing. There was fathers
, adventure with panther veritable epic
of humor. There was the time father, tried
to chop wood. But the one loved best had
to do with fathers famous lapse from Sc
briefly. AS nearly as l recall Cases own
rendition it ran as follows:
Father came mighty near getting into
some serious trouble here the other day. A
lot of folks wanted to have him arrested for
obtaining money under false pretences; but
he got out Of it all right
Heres the way the thing happened: A
fellow up in the mountains made some moon
shine whisky and he gave father quart of
it. So father took three drinks Of it and
then he wea- down and rented vacant store
and began charging people 10 cents to come
in and see the animals and the snakes.
Right away they raised row. Father could
see snakes and animals all right, but they
couldn't see anything but just an empty
store.
$50 some of them got mad and they went
away and found the sheriff and swore out
warrant and told the sheriff that they
wanted to have father locked up in jail until
he'd given them their money back. The
sheriff put on his badge and cana around
to arrest father.
"But father gave the sheriff one drink
out of the bottle and sold him half-interest
in the show for three hundred dollars"
Copyright 1929, by The Mcknight Syndicate. Incl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
GRATITUDE FOR AMERICAN RELIEF

from the Baltimore Sun.
Workers Of the American relief admin-
istration in Russia have been charged by a
soviet paper with attempts at smuggling,
but although four men have apparently been
proved guilty, there seems no reason to sus-
pect any general practice of that sort. The
newspaper in question would be better
advised if it used as ground for criticism
the friendly feelings which bandits in the
famine districts are said to exhibit toward
the Americans. Suspicion might probably
be aroused at the report that a robbcr band
in Samara visited an American kitchen,
tasted the soup, talked cheerfuly- with the
children there assembled, approved the
American work and then moved on to the
house of the village treasurer, whom they
robbed. The contrast between the treat
ment accorded the Americans and that which
the soviet official received could net well
be greater, and it might be interpreted as
proving that the American, are linked up
with some scheme of antisovet activity.
Actually it proves, if anything, the graft
tude of even the less admirable Russians
for the American relief work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
A Timely Editorial

4 the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
Visions of revivified American
merchant marine havA never includ-
ed in their scope the possibility of
a part to be played in the rebuilding
by the North American indian. Yet
that unthought Of possibility may
become fact. A charter has psen
granted to the American Indian
Steamship corporation, capitalized
at $2,000.000. which will operate
steamships in the gulf, north and
south Atlantic and West Indies
routes. The enterprise Is wholly in
the hands of members of seven In
dian tribes
Here is another blow to the once
common notion that no amount of
interest and helpfulnass op the part
of white men would aver suffice to
draw the Indian ent from his con-
temptation of the old ways of his
people and break down his resist
ance to a changed environment.
Recent years have seen the Indian
making himself more and more a
factor of usefulness in American
life. Education has helped him,
but he has shown a disposition to
pull himself up bv his own efforts.
The seven tribes which have a
part in this new enterprise are the
Osages, Cherokees, Greeks, Choc-
taws, Kaws. Seminoles and Chicka-
saws. The companv's headquarters
are to be at Tulsa. Okla.
There is even now popular mis-
conception of the Indian which con-
ceives those nations. like the Osages,
which have profited greatly by the
discovery of oil and gas upon their
lands as unfit to make any good use
of the money that has come to them.
In the last eight wears Indians have
spent $18,000,00e e. homes, barns
and modern farm implements. A
million acres are cultivated by
$1,000 Indian farmers. Forty-sev-
en- thousand more are raising live
stock valued at $4,000, 700.
1t is long iumn from the birch
bark canoe to the steel plates of q
modern freighter. There is nothing
in what we know of the Indians
history which could lead US to sur
mise that shipping would one day
draw his interest. The formation of
this company is another strange
quirk in his history like the one that
put $1,000 of him in trench helmets
and aboard the Transports sailing
for Franco
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
THE FINISHED PRODUCT

One of the largest veneering machines
ever manufactured has been turned out In
Birmingham shop and is to be installed in
a veneering factory In Tacoma, Wash. This
is d highly-finished machine and represents
the ultimate in the conversion Of steel into
a finished product. That this machine is sold
from coast to coast is proof that a Birming-
ham product Of merit, based on low-cost pro-
duction resulting from low-cost raw mate
rials ca inject competition anywhere. For a
generation Cuba has gotten her sugar house
-machinery from Birmingham and now Sc
cures her structural steel for sugar house
construction here. This structural steel
trade was established as soon as Birmingham
began the manufacture of structural steel
in a large way.
Birmingham machine shops make Corliss
engines for the north, south east and west.
The finished product Of Birmingham finds
the same market as its pig iron and the
simpler forms Of pig iron manufacture, such
as cast iron pipe. Birmingham stoves
ranges and hot air furnaces are distributed
all over the south and the middle west So
far as southeastern distribution and exporta-
ton are concerned, Birmingham possesses
an additional advantage, owing to her geo.
graphical situation in the central south and
proximity to the Port Of Mobile. Low-cos.
production and superior facilities for dis
tribution are advantages for the manufac.
ture Of finished product that insure its
growth in this district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
THE REDS AND LABOR
From the Washington Post.

1t seems that the reds will not
take American labor's mo" for an
answer. Every bid that they have
made for the favor of organized
labor in this country has been re-
jected with an emphasis that should
drive home to them the futility of
seeking further In this direction.
Yet they have come again. Ac-
cording to reports, they are renew
ing their efforts to enlist the un-
ions in national labor party that
will conduct its activities under the
consmunistic banner that they bear.
The unions, however, have made ir
plain that they stand for American
ism and can be counted on to resist
this latest attempt to lead them
astray.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
An Educational Need

A number of fires are reported in giri's
colleges"
sWell?"
"a fellow up in Boston wants to know if
that is because the girls forget to step on
the stumps."
81 should hope not. A girls school now
adays that doesn't provide ash trays as s
part of the dormitory equipment isn't up to
date"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
ROME HAD FURNACES

From the Kansas City Star.
Governor Hadley calls attention
in his recent book on Rome and
the World Today" to the high level
of comfort in Roman civilization. In
ancient Rome homes were heated
by hot air furnaces and were equip
ped with plumbing with the mod
ern wiped" joint. Grain boats
carrying 1,000-ton cargoes operated
between Italy and Egypt. The Ro-
man roads were better thaa any
Europe constructed until the nine
teenth century. Education was
more general and more accessible
to the poor in 200 A. D. than in
1850. Hospitals were numerous
and were open to the public without
charge. The practice OF medicine
was not far behind what It was in
Europe up to the discovery of an
aesthetics, aseptic surgery and the
part played by germs in disease.
Courts were available to iitigants.
Banking and commerce were highly
organized. 1t is the conclusion OF
modern investigators that after the
decline of Rome Europe was four
teen or fifteen hundred years in la
boriously climbing back to the level
of civilization that had been attain
ed at the height of the Roman
achievement. Whether Europe
split into fragments by hate will be
able to cooperate sufficiently to
maintain the advance that has heen
made, or whether it will slide back
centuries, as Russia has done, still
seems an Open question,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
ALSO THE TARIFF BLOC
rom the Kansas City Times.

from the AaLsaS CITY Times.
Senators from the eastern indus
trial states assert that the farm bloc
in Congress is asking more relief
for the farmer than the farmers
really need. But then, On the ether
hand, the senators from the agricul-
tural west have feeling that the
tariff bloc asked and got more r.
lief for the manufacturers than ~
manufacturers really needed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
THE DOPE DISPENSER
ON the New Yc~i Herald,

From the New Y""E Herald.
How does it happen that every
time leader Of the narcotic ring
is apprchended with his reputcd
thousands and thousands OF dollars
in contraband drurS he is found IN
a garnet or a ballroom that rents for
less than the merssr atom Of his
forbidden wares?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
Remember

The little boy whose Christmas horn
Has almost made the neighbors weep,
Jumps from his bed at early morn
And doth proceed to murder sleep.
But, patience. Let us not apply
To such as he an evil name,
And bear in mind that you and l
Were once inclined to do the same
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
PORT PROVES ITS VALUE

The Port of Mobile has won further
recognition Of its strategic situation for the
entry and distribution over wide territory
of important imports. The Batber As aIt
Company announces regular imports Of Rim
idad lake asphalt through Mobile as it es-
tablished port of entry. From Mobile Ire
imports are to be distributed into all south
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
AN OLD FAvORITE

TTUNl The DUStUII IIdHsCTIFI.
Professor" said Mrs. Newrich
to the distinguished musician who
had been engaged to entertain her
guests, what was that lovely selec-
ton you PLAYED lust now?"
THAT, madam" he answered,
twas an Improvisation"
"Ah, yes, remember now. I
knew it was an old favorite of mine,
but / could not think of the name
of it for the moment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
Considering the Price

Il note by the papers, remarked Mr.
Grumpson, chat German children are pay
ing their way into movie theatres with
Jumps of coal. So far as the market value
Of that useful commodity is concerned
American children might do the same thing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
, A Close Relationship

"Things have come to pretty pass ex-
claimed Mr.. Blithersby, when man can't
accumulate fortune rapidly without arous-
ing the suspicion that he's either profiteer
or a bootlegger"
"And worse STILL" said Mr.. BIBLES, sadly,
"there is often well-founded suspicion that
he's both"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29

Omitted States of the World" is large
order, but the Russian communists are will
ing to undertake anything, quite oblivious
of the fact that they haven't made good in
Russia yet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
Those Hsrem Beauties

"What became of the wives the former
Sultan Of Turkey left behind him."
II don't know" replied Mr.. Gadspur.
I've been scanning the papers carefully.
but I've seen no announcement that the
ladies have gone into musical comedy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
Alabama Press
Prohibition Welcome
e Centreville Press.

From the Centreville Press.
With all the crime that is being
reported throughout the country,
and the Decentralization of both
sexes, who it seems have lost their
moral bearings, what a good thing
it is we have prohibition. We are
not approving all the means and
methods of obtaining it.. but we
are glad we have it in these times.
School Expansion in Tri-Cities
From the Sheffield Standard.
Tuscumbia will h-....d a magnifi-
cent high school building; Sheffield
is building new junior high school.
Florence has built new school build
ings. We are fast preparing for the
youth of the land here in the Tr;-
Cities. The big development can
come now at any tirne-the Tri-
Cities are ready,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29

Admiral Bristol rejoiced over the fact that
he was able to spend Christmas in a Chris
tian country and, judging from his re
marks, he still believes in Santa Claus
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
No Takers

She stood beneath the mistletoe,
And stood, and stood and stood;
For dame of forty years or so
The prospects aren't so good.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29

Dumas, says book reviewer, holds his
own. After all, the "best sellers" are only
literary interludes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
Attractive to the Eve

reformer says the pocket flask Is a de.
vice OF Satan And like great many other
devices of the Evil One, it often sugar
coats temptation by being ornamental.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
A LONG SHOT

ttNm Lie
The odds on the soldier bonus have
eaanged with the election Of new Con-
gress They are now dollars to the dough
boys ~ its favor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
Productive Apple Tree

From the Geneva County Reaper.
G. M. Shepherd, out on the Hart
ford road, says he has an apple tree
on his ranch that has borne two
crops of fruit this year. To prove
that he is not a first cousin of
Ananias, he brought in a pocketful
Of the fruit Saturday and gave us
three fairly good-sized apples. They
were about an inch and half in
diameter, but were not quite ripe
enough to eat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
Adrift With the Times
Wi6eRcrea

Wiseaeres
The flowers bloom
= And pass away,
But platitudes
1--we on for aye.
And every time
A mortal slips,
You'll find them on
The neighbours lips.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
Father of Peach Industry

From the Talladeea Home.
1t has not been long since this
age has had MANY Of the things it
enjoys as commentaries. For in
stance, from Marsh sllville, Ca,
comes the news that Samuel H.
Rumpp. known in that section as
the father and originator of the
peach industry, died there. Mr..
Rumpp propagated the liberia and
Georgia Belle peaches, the Elberta
being named aftev his first wife.
Mr.. Rumpp was the first man to
ship crate of peaches out Of
Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29

Oil is a lubricant, but 1t seems to have
the opposite effect on international politics
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
GOOD NATURE
By REV. Fl. C, OrFERMf.N

Good nature is the oil that makes
possible the easy workings of the
wheels in the whirl Of life.
Americans are said to be good
natured. Fat people are said to
be good-natured. 1t pays to be
easy" A home and family, greas-
ed with good nature, is pleasant to
be in. Good nature and goodwill
are twins. A spirit of good nature
begets friends. A spirit Of good
nature begets longevity.
Good nature spreads happiness.
Happiness makes life worth while.
So let us all be good-natured
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
University's Best Year

From the Mobile Register.
In announcing that the UNIVERSE
ty of Alabama is ending the most
successful year of its history, Pres
ident Denny attributes the situation
largely to the quick response of the
people of the state to the university's
appeal for a million dollars; which
is to say that the people, learning
the schools needs, recognized an
obligation, and the university, find
ing the people backing its efforts,
had additional incentive to strive
for higher accomplishment. To ask
for money is not among the popular
ways of winning friends, unless, as
in the case of the university, the
asking is reinforced by ability to
pay larger dividends.
Advance of Cotton States
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
The cotton states have made
greater advance than any other part
of the country. Mr.. Gist, the fed
eral statistician for Alabama, show
ed in Sundays Advertiser that the
farmers of Alabama have come out
of the 1922 crop season in better
shape than they have been in for
many years. They produced crops
valued at $85, 295, 900 more than in
the preceding year, the cotton crop
of the state alone being worth more
than one hundred millions. Deduct
ing from last years record cotton
then sold, but which had been held
over from 1920, Mr.. Gists's COM
paratiye figures indicate surplus
for the cotton farmers of Alabama
of nearly sixty million dollars for
the payment Of debts and the re-
Mobilization of farm equipment, IN
excess of the crop Of 1921.
The Washington times., 1922-08-06

of many a curly heads heart.
White rabbit skin coat a::i snugly-
fitting cap, dress of pique and
shoes Of buckskin and wool socks
Of warm yarn complete the outfit.
In stormy weather white rubbers
or goloshes with band of astrakan
about the top protect the white
shod feet from the wet and cold.
For dress-up occasions are white
cape-skin gloves, but the chubby
fingers of the tot of four winters
prefer mittens OF interlined white
kid, boasting a cuff OF fur.
Not to be oytdone by her older
sister little Miss Four,Years-old
now wears teddies fashioned from
the sheerest Of materials and daint.
lily adorned with rows Of narrow
lace and drawn up by baby rib
bon whose ends are tied to form
roses. When worn with an abbre.
waited frock the lace ruffles are
clearly visible.
Petticoats for those whose years
may be counted on one hand, are
called "gertrudes. A gertrude
fastens on bpth shoulders with a
small button and is better when
it depends on its size and quality
The Washington times., 1922-08-06

less and round-throated corsage
firmly repudiates any memory OF
the up-and -downness which has
ruled the fashionable figure these
many days.
1t curves where the feminine
form reasonably may be expected
to curve. There is a waist line.
Woe to the super sylph who
would wear II!
The skirt is full and there is a
narrow edge OF black velvet. like
old.fashioned binding. at the bot
tom. Gathered bunchily about
the normal waist-line is a triple
row OF double folds Of the fab.
ric. such as would cause the
look of hips upon a golf stick.
The bodice u is embroidered in
meth al thread: gold, silver and steel
blue. in a large thistle design.
And the final touch is a collect
The Washington times., 1922-08-06
OF TODAY HAVE THEIR OWN FASHION COM

Dotted swiss of pale blue and white slips on the
head and brief of skirt well sleeve Sheer organde
trimmed with lace and blue bow fashions the adorable
bonnet. ~. 2
The two batse dresses light thstledown love to
show the applqued squares Of rose and yellow.
The dresses bonnets and undergarments shown
through the courtesy Of the senora Shop where they
designed and made ... ..s>
The Washington times., 1922-08-06

DNK and white checked gngham romper suit has bloom
attached and lest it be too severe white organdie
ruffles trim the neck, sleeves and sash. ~
When a'traveling goes black taffeta, gayy en-
broidered, with hat to match Is quite the thing.
Butterflies are the best playmates, chose this
play suit of muslin made bright by bands of orange trim
ming and embroidered butterflies The washable play hat
has q chick embroidered on the brim.