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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
CIVILIZATION AT BEST A
 THIN VENEER

Thousands of coal miners in Herrin, H., killed 19 non-union workers after they had surrendered and wounded nearly the same ended, men, women and children gloated over the mangled bodies and considered it a good days work.
 w A perfunctory inquest was held and the verdict was that the victims came to their deaths at the hands of unknown persons. The local authorities didn't show, during the sire to punish the guilty or give any worth while assistance toward bringing them to jus tice. Sentiment in Herrin is all one way. The men killed were strikebreakers. They refused to work. They deserved no sympathy. On the contrary, when they were butchered they met the fate they deserved.
 :. Now it is reported that Herrin resents the attitude of the outside world, mortified by an Outbreak of savagery that was more befitting the junges of some benghted land than g presumably civilized community in America. The consciences of the men who committed this piece of deviltry are clear Thay are not worrying. They did what was emnently proper, and it is no affair of the state or fed eral government.
 s Public sentiment in this little mining town is dscouraging. If a spark of pity was shown for the victims any regret expressed for the stain placed union labor and American civilization by this tragedy, it was not been recorded in newspaper dispatches
 Just how far are men removed from the brute? There many examples at hand to show that the distance is not great. When the beast that slumbers in mems souls is aroused they are no better than their savage ancestors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
RADIO TO HELP DEVELOP
 FOREIGN TRADE

Radio will help to capture foreign trade When the exposition of the New England Shoe and Leather association takes place in Boston, July Il and 12, and on the same dates an import and export exposition is held in the city of Baltimore, foreign trade news and dispatches by radophone will be commu- nicated to the. business men attending these important affairs.
 Arrangements have been made with the navy department to utilize the facilities of the Arlington radio station to send the latest ca bled news of foreign markets and trade op- portunites received from abroad by the de- partment of commerce.
 The time of broadcasting will be p. m. {ply Il and 12, the station will be Arlington tNAA) and the wave length 2,65o meters. By tuning up to the Arlington station any city desirous of receiving these dispatches nay do so.
 Radio can perform no more valuabla serv- ice to the nation than by informing it of ex- port opportunities. It is more and more borne in on us that, if our factories are to run continuously and our farm products find | market for the increasing yield, America must acquire more of the world trade. That business cannot be gotten by whistling for 1. It can be secured only by making better
 of opportunities than our alert competi-
 a. continent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
BEYOND METHusELAH
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the PlttSburg Dispatch.
 George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methuse- lah" visions .as far as thought can reach" which is dated about 30,000 years hence. But Dr. E. c. Getznger, Los Angeles Egyptolo- gist, takes up that far back, beyond Me thuselah, with his theory that Noahs Ark was really the great pyramid of Cheops, and that the Noachian flood did not cover the entire globe, but only the lost ointment of Atlantis and Egypt, Atlantis never re-emerging, while Egypt did. He bases his notion on the dis covery of deep indentations near the tops of the pyramids, all on level, which he says were made by the beating of a surf tens of thousands of years ago, and the fact that the interior of the pyramids is encrusted with sea salt proof of its immersion.
 Shaw's "Ancients," nearing. the ultimate passage of the physical into the mental state, still talked, as in Shaw-play they would have to- The Caifornian's real ancients of his At lantis and pre-deluge Egypt, who built the pyramids (and not the Pharaohs), were far beyond talking, transferring thoughts by telepathy Cannot Dr. Getzinger and Dr. Bryan be scheduled for joint debate on Noah's Ark?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
A BOUNTY ON HAWKS

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Many readers of many magazines-seekers for the best short story of the month; pursu- CTS of the method for the hopeful person who hunts for needles in haystacks-read stories more easily forgotten than the following:
 Two old hawks fought for 15 minutes yes- terday to protect their five young ones in a nest in the caves of a building at State and Market streets, New Albany.
 Henry Slaughter, negro janitor, finally won out, however.
 He took the five heads to the county audi tors office and received the bounty offered by the county, which is $1 head.
 Numerous varieties of hawks nest in this section of America. With the exception of the sharp-shinned hawk, rather rare variety, none of them, large or small, is anything like as bad as it's reputation among persons who have not taken the trouble to inform them selves as. to the habits of hawks.
 Ornithologists know, and the federal de- partment of agriculture knows, and even- tually legislators will learn, that sundry kinds of hawks do much more good than harm, even where poultry is kept.
 If Indiana counties offer a bounty upon hawks, without specifying any variety or varieties, they pay for the slaughter of hawks which live upon field rodents mainly when they live in the country, and which are of some service in cities because they can catch English sparrows.
 Native birds take refuge in the branches of trees and in shrubbery, but English spar rows, living about cornices of buildings, and ittering their living quarters in more than one way invite the residence of small hawks, especially sparrow hawks, because they are caught easily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
JOHN EoRNEY HERE

Conditions in my part of the Tennessee valley are very good and promising" said John Forney, former Birmingham attorney, now resident of Moulton, Ala. "That IS a good part of the state and Lawrence county fares about as we'll as any of them.
 Our particular mission in Birmingham has been to get approval of the state highway commission for our road projects. We have promise of something and believe our mission shall have been successful
 q am always glad to get back to Birming- ham and see how she has grown in my ab- sence. She always does it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
THE VISITOR AT THE TEMPLE H. Ware, in Poet Lore.

GA Chinese IdyLl
 At dark of night the drum Sobs through the temple courts I, half
 awake, Watch drowsily the candle beams that shake Through cracks around my dqpr. The tidal
 hum Of priests at midnight vespers for the sake Of such poor souls mine comes to my ears. The new-lit incense like finger feels My sleepy senses. Through my mind there
 steals Old, half remembered poems and flights of
 song, Such as Pc Chui sang in days departed long. I listen, dreaming, while the nightjar tells Its measured sorrows to the infant moon That worries my latticed oyster shells. The chants sink to a murmurous, soothing
 croon.
 Kuan Kin be thanked am no shaven
 priest, And in this life at least Can live and love without remorse or fears. 'Pray, gentle monks, and save my soul
 from sin," I say with sleepy yawn, and tuck my shoul-
 ders in, And draw my padded pukai closer round
 my chn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27

increase in the net number of spring filters and even a larger increase in the number of pigs saved is reported. What is even better, an in- crease of 27 per cent of sows to be kept for breeding is reported for Georgia. There is estimated total increase in the number of pigs for~the entire year of II per cent in the states of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi This means that just at time when of all times there should have been more pigs raised -]more pigs were raised in the corn-producing states of the south. The steady increase in this state has been feature of the agricultural progress for the past few years-and the big step taken forward in meat making and independence of the western smokehouses when there could be counted in Georgia as many pigs as there were persons There is more now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
PIG POPULATION
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News
 There is said to have been for some time a shortage in meat stocks. Packing house tabulations indicated that some time ago. But the corn belt states of the south have come to the rescue Rural mail carriers recently took a census of the pigs in their territores-and it has been found that the number of young pigs in this y=srs early crop is 14.5 per cent over the number at the last counting last year. The gross increase is more than 22 per cent but the net increase of filters of spring pigs is nearly 15 per cent-or enough to counter balance the reported shortage in meat stocks. Georgia is included in the figures and good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
SUGGESTS POOL AT AvoNDALE

"With a little work the present pool in Avondale park could, be fitted up for fine swimming place" said Emmett Perry. There is plenty of water which comes from the spring and there is also lots of room for a bath house,
 "The city has already spent hundreds of dollars in fitting up Avondale park, both as and as place of beauty. It could be made even more serviceable to the people if swimming pool could be fitted up. The park was crowded last Sunday with strollers and many of them would have been glad of cooling off in the pool had it been deep enough and bathhouse nearby"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
SORROWFUL CLOWNS
From the New York Telegram.

From the New York Telegram
 With the peculiar color imparted to the cheeks by the long use of grease paint and bismuth a man appeared in court the other day charged by his wife with being n.arrears $550.20 alimony.
 He said he was John F. Byrne, one of the once celebrated Byrne Brothers, who years ago amused the public with the acrobatic pantomime Eight Bells"
 Now, he explained at 62 years of age he had fallen upon evil times and worked as an acrobat during the winter at salary of S35 week. He was ordered to pay up.
 Just as 'those who play the parts of the men with stony hearts are the mildest looking ones behind the scenes,' so clowning for the multitudes, if we are to believe the poets and novelists-and some of the clowns-is among the saddest of vacations.
 In witness whereof we have Caruso's great chacacter in .Pagiacci" in opera, Richard Bennett in "He Who Gets Slapped" on the dramatic stage and Lionel Atwill in '"rhe White Faced Fool" in vaudeville.
 We may weep and sympathize with our latter day clowns, but why not squeeze out an extra tear for John Byrne, who with his brothers made whole nation litter 30 years ago?
 Any man with salary of $35 week who would not cry in similar circumstances must be a phenomenon-or worse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
MORGAN HIGHWAY

"Two or three delegations appeared before the state highway commission yesterday in the interest of a road leading from Albany Decatur through Lawrence and Franklin counties and striking the Bankhead highway near Fremont in Mississippi said J. E. Or man of Russellvile.
 "This proposed road connects the county seats of three counties and in addition serves a section of the state that is almost impas- sible during the winter time, especially in the region of Mt. Hope and Moulton, through which the proposed road passes. It has been suggested that this connecting road be called the John T. Morgan highway in honor of the late Senator Morgan"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27

At time when so many wives are shooting their husbands, it is gratifying to hear of the devotion of Brooklyn woman who was ar rested for trying to smuggle two flasks of whisky to her thirsty husband in jail The war is still remembered over in Paris. The wife of Spanish cellist was hissed when she sang an encore in German, with the result that it nearly broke up the party.
 *
 Some of the brethren seem to think Mrs. Oleson will land in the Senate. Deep down in his heart Senator Kellogg may not be as confident as he says he is.
 Birminghams boy bandit planes chorus girl for his downfall. It is about time for people who go wrong to quit picking on chorus girls.
 If Judge Taft were to die of acute indi- gestion in London the American Federation of Labor would not consider his loss ir- reparable.
 The Confederate Veterans who passed resolution condemring Lincoln are reminded that they are old. That is not what they expected.
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 Great Britain will support Ulster, says Churchill. That will lead to more talk and possibly shooting in south Ire land.
 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says he may write some more Sherlock Holmes stories. He couldn't be employed to better purpose.
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 A Louisiana man who is still hale and hearty at the age of III has 33 children. He's not in the market for glands.
 Vt
 Mount Everest is too high for summer hotel, but it might be an ideal location for astronomers to shoot the stars.
 As long as the soviet delegates ride in a tyain de luxe you can't blame them for jumping at chance to travel.
 X
 Governor Small of Illinois has been ac- quilted and will not visit the Joliet prison except in his official capacity.
 The Lasker liners have had enough free advertising to keep their passenger lists full for the next two years
 cabaret beauty claims she was tilted by her fiance when he saw what scanty work ing clothes she wore.
 Being in no way dependent on the dry vote, Secretary Weeks can afford to air his views on prohibition.
 The movies have been the salvation of more than one down and out pugilist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
POINrED PARACRAPHs

Vanity bears flowers, but no fruit.
 Rainbow chasers get at least run for their money.
 Blood will tell, but sometimes we hate to listen to it.
 Most anybody can be peaceful, but it takes grit to fight
 Preaching and practice are twins that often get separated.
 Exposed vice often tries to masquerade as injured innocence. Having good bunch of friends is pleasant whether it is profitable not.
 The eagle is a noble bird, but the common hen, after all, is perhaps of more value to mankind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
UNIQUE WATCH

Every time I take out my watch around a person I am besieged with questions about it's unique face,' said-G. R. Trafford.
 q have my name and initials around the. dial instead of figures and it exctes the curiosity of all who see it. It is an old-fash- toned watch that weighs nearly ton and is highly ornamental which gives my friends op- portunity for comment and speculation as to it's age and make.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
ALABAMA IMPROVEMENT

Business is picking up in all the southern states,' said O. H. Smith, sales manager of the Lynchburg Flow Works, who is here at tending the annual sales meeting of the Moore Handley Hardware company. "The improvement is very general one and di- versified farming has had lot to do with it.
 Alabama shows fully as much improve ment as any of the southern states. The south is getting into good stride all around"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
VETERANS ENTERTAINED

"The Confederate Veterans of Birmingham were royalty received and entertained at Richmond,'' said Unbe Bob McCallum
 "They gave us everything we wanted to eat and drink and furnished us good time gem erally. I like Richmond, for it is pretty, clean little city and it has the real, old-fash- toned hospitality, too. The Birmingham delegation certainly enjoyed themselves and will long remember the trip to that beautiful southern city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
THE WRONG NUMERAL

To the Editor of The Age-Herad:
 I wish to call your attention to slight error made in my letter published in your valuable paper yesterday.
 Your paper stated that in answer to the fourth question three preferred the Torrens System and one the abstract system, while my letter stated that eight preferred the Tor rens System and one the abstract system. Yours very truly w. B. LEEDY, JR.
 June 26 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
CIGARS APPRECIATED .

"A kidness that was much appreciated by members of Camp Wilcox, Confederate Vet erans, was the presentation of cigars by Ca- heen Brothers and Louis Saks large box each, for their enjoyment, while on the train enroute to the Richmondl reunion" said Miss Laura Taylor, sponsor of the camp.
 ''We distributed the cigars from time to time while on the train and they certainly were enjoyed by the veterans, who expressed deep appreciation of the kindness and cour- tesy of Messrs. Caheen and Saks'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
 A HARD LOT

Madam said the suave agent, T have here book that will tell you how to live "A hours day"
 T haven't any use for it." said the hard faced matron. With a no-account husband and six children to support by running a boarding house, I'm already living 24 hours day. What I need is season pass to a movie house and chance to use it.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Bir- mingham desire to thank you for the space in the columns of your paper you gave them on the occasion of the memorial exercises of June IS. Respectfully,
 W. S. HAMMETT, Chairman.
 A. B. WARNER, Assistant Secretary. June 24, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 We have enjoyed your concerts each night. We greatly enjoyed last nights program (Friday night). We like hearing the baseball scores. Keep it up, for we get you.
 H. c. SHAPARD'S SONS. shelbyville, Tenn, June 24, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
ADREFT WITH THE TIMES
TOLERANT ATTITUDE

TOLERANT ATTITUDE Upon the beach Appears a peach
 Who's very fair to see. Let others scold Her suit and hold
 Her up to obloquy. I much admire The scant attire
 Met with upon the shore, Where one observes A lot of curves
 He never saw before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
LETTERS TO EDITOR
THE AGE.HERALD ENJOYED

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 l would like ever So much to express our appreciation for the prompt and regular serv- ice being given us on your mailing list while spending the summer in the west. We do en- joy the news of interest from home, of which we get all in The ,Age-Herald. Sincerely.
 MRS. FRED L. HARRIS. Green River, Wyo., June 23, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
ENJOY CONCERTS IN GEORGIA

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: We have been enjoying the evening con- certs of W. s. Y. evenings, but did not know whom they were coming from until we caught The Birmingham Age-Herald last night. Keep up the good work. We have three stage machine in our store for the benefit of our customers, and enjoy the concerts fine. Very truly,
 ANsLEY-DoSTER DRUG CO,
 R., W IT Dostar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
l Frk4sj NiRA'
"cuRBINo" THE couRTs

From the Savannah News.
 When organizations, industrial or "frater- nal' come out into the open with the clear statement that they will "curb' the courts of the country-there is a real red menace in the land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
sIMMUNE . TO SIN

You dislike the excessively pious person7" 'FYes,' said MT. Grumpson. "On what grounds?" "For genealogical reasons" "Eh?"
 "A person like that declines to admit he's a son of Adam"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
A POINT IN ITS FAVOR
From the Huntsville Telegram.

From the Huntsville Telegram.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald wants to to get up in public and speak word in be- half of the saxophone. Why certainly. A saxophone can make enough noise to drown out ukulele.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27

Herrin H., takes the position that out siders have no business meddling with To- cal massacre.
 It is now mark of distinction in London to have squad of policemen guarding one's house.
 "London Girls Smoke Pipes" ."-Headline. And what is worse, some of them are hitting pipes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
sUBURBIA

SUBURBIA Suburbia is a pleasant place, Where every heart is gay; The people wear smiling face And hate to move away. There flowers bloom and skies are blue have no cause to doubt it; A chap who'd sell lot or tive Has told me all about it.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
MIGHT LAND IN THE CELLAR

''As Sancho Panza says, When they give you a heifer, have the rope ready"
 That's good advice. Here's something else worth remembering"
 "Well7"
 ''When a promoter offers to let you in on the ground floor, look out for trapdoors."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
LOGICAL LOCATION, AT

LOGICAL LOCATION, AT THAT "You no longer patronize Blobbs, the boot legger2"
 "No. He changed his location and it struck me there was something peculiar about it" Where did he move?"
 "Next door to an undertaking establish ment."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
POvERTY's PRIVILEGE

The poor man still may have his dream And still be happier than king, Who sits beside a murmuring stream
 And hears the song the ripples sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
STRIDES OF THE sATSUMA
 ORANGE INDUSTRY

For an organized industry five years old the Gulf Coast Citrus exchange ranks high among the successful enterprises in Ala bama.
 The fifth annual meeting is to be held in July at Daphne. In the brief period since it has been at work this exchange has brought the south Alabama Satsuma orange into the markets as staple product ranking with the Florida orange.
 The exchange has just ordered 50O0o,000 wrappers and 100000 half-strap orange boxes for the of members in handling the incoming crop to be produced in Mobile and Baldwin counties. The wrappers alone repre- sent an investment of $22,000.
 Busness-like methods have placed the Satsuma orange industry on a firm basis There has been cooperation all along the line. Materials have been purchased in wholesale quantities, shipments have been made in carloads, the product has been moved in uniform packages containing a uni form fruit. Each orange has been neatly wrapped. Sales have been made in quantities attracting the largest and most reliable buy CTS.
 The principles followed in the satsuma orange industry are being followed with other products of Alabama farms, orchards and dairies. The result will be the same success with which the Satsuma crop is being mar keted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY

Are you in favor of restricted immigra- tion?''
 T am,' said MT. Grabcoin.
 "But isn't that selfish attitude?"
 "Of course, it is. I'm tired of having to fight for hotel accompodations with enor- mously rich persons who were pushcart ped dlers few years ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
THE BLOODY SHIRT sG OF THE PAST

to study the comment in newspapers on the re- 1ited Confederate Vet adopting a resolution
 forced the Civil war ,me resentment was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
SAY IT WITH A RUBBER STAMP

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 Blessings upon the St. Louis man who has started the fashion of rubber stamping souvenir post cards. He has pointed the way to the simplification of the travellers task of remembering" the folks at home.
 It is written in the tourists book of rules that at every flag station and frog pond where his train stops he must rush out and buy bunch of post cards and scribble messages to Tom, Dick and Harry-or Harriet-that all's we'll so far and he is having good time and he wishes "you" were along, Maybe he is having good time and maybe not and maybe he wishes you were along, and probably not But the amenities of the case require the broadcasting of these urbanities
 This man, when he started on trip, bought a rubber stamp and all that he had to do was stamp the cards and send them on their way each informing the recipient that the tourist was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-27
Having a good time. Wish YOU were here.n

There it is, as nice as can be and everybody treated alike, without any writing. The idea is so good that it will probably be generally adopted and rubber stamp will be part of the equipment of every well-regulated tourist Then the country will be flooded with rubber ized affection and good wishes