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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08

labor supply at advanced wages, which we're
still further advanced September 1, affecting
$4,000 workers.
Construction is making new high record in
homes business houses and industrial plants,
the largrs corporations alone expanding over
100000 in new plants from iron pipe to
water power dams.
We piled some pig iron in Alabama in Au-
gust, because car shortage cut off deliveries
in the west and east, but an unprecedented
melt of iron in the district caused the accumu-
lation to stop at 20 pr cent of the output.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
LETTERS TO EDITOR
DEFENDS BIRMINGHAM
To the Editor of The Age Herald:
This is to Mr.. Austin Cobb.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
This is to Mr. Austin Cobb.
don't mean any harm whatever by saying
this, but if you don't like Birmingham there
is plenty of room in Pittsburg, Pa, for you
and you don't have to come to Birmingham.
If ! don't feel safe in a place I don't stay
there, and if man sticksAhis head in the fire ne
viii get burned.
The man who doesn't like Birmingham doesn't
have to stay there unless he is in jail, and
for vacation. If were Mr.. Cobb wouldn't
tell anybody where was from if l thought
that it was disgrace to me.
| want to say this There is city full of good
people in Birmingham, and they will treat you
as nice as you want to be treated. Further,
want to say this for the merchants of BirmIng-
ham: They will sell you goods cheaper than
any other city of its size, and man can also
get pay for what he does. If my friend, Mr.
Cobb, don't like Birmingham, l am sure the
people of Birmingham can get along without
him, and I am sure the city will not go
bankrupt if he never comes back. l was
taught better than to knock any place or any
body am country-raised boy and haven't
any education and haven't been anywhere
much, but have been to Birmingham and was
treated mighty nice and kind by the people
in Birmingham.
When man gets flogging there is some-
thing behind it or they wouldn't have got him.
So this is all / have to say, and / hope Mr..
Cobb won't be the least angry at this.
With all deep respect to the people of Bir-
mingham and to my friend Mr.. Cobb in Pitts
burg, Pa. CADY C. SMITH.
Florala, I'll West Fifth avenue September
s. 1922
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
HOT WEATHER? NO

T. S, Smith, Duke of Elyton, declines to adj
nit that it is hot. 1.-The thermometer says it is
hot" said Mr.. Smith, "but heat like cold, can
be measured by the manner in which a man
meets both. The mental attitude counts quite
as much as the thermometer and the barometer
weather and is not lot of cool weather COM
ing? How tired we would become Of this old
world unless it brought its changes We read
the newspapers for news; to find out what is
new. If we had the same weather all the time,
no matter how delightful it might be, we would
tire Of it and pray for change. So, ! say, let
it fry us while. It will make us that much
more appreciative of 'possum and persimmons
when the frost comes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
AUGUST BUSINESS BETTER
THAN IN 1921

Clearings of the federal reserve banks indi-
cate marked increase in the volume of bust
ness in August compared with year ago. In
chart based on this report it is shown that
in parts of New England and vicinity the in
crease has been as high as 20 to 81 per cent,
with the Pacific coast and Rocky mountain
states showing IL per cent. There were de-
creases in the southwest, notably Texas, and
in that portion Of the Atlantic coast from
Maryland to the Carolinas, inclusive.
The southeastern belt, of which Alabama is
the central state, had an increase Of only 4
per cent. Had the chart gotten down to To-
calties inside states, Birmingham would have
been credited with an increase fully equal to
that of any eastern district
Birmingham bank clearings in August were
more than 80 per cent over those of the pre-
ceding August, and continue to increase. The
manufacture of steel and iron continued at a
rate Of approximately 100 per cent and coal
mining made new high records. There was
work six days week and in many industries
overtime for 100 per cent of the available
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
EoREsEEs ANOTHER WAR

81 do not claim to be prophet, but ! do
sincerely believe and predict that within the
next 80 or 85 years war similar to the late
World war;, if not greater, will take place be-
tween the leading nations of the world" stated
Col. John W. Sewell, president of the Brmins-
ham zone, reserve officers corps.
81 do not habtually talk war, but the ques-
ton was put before me several days ago as to
what my views were with regard to the lniil-
tary situation. | based my belief on the fact
that history repeats itself, which is commonly
acknowledged fact, and that the generation fol-
lowing the present one will find the leading ma
tions on unfrendly terms and nothing short OF
a general war will quiet, temporarily, the hos
tile feeling. The generations following this one
will not profit by the experience gained in the
late war which, consequently, will force ar
other war among the different countries
predict another war within the next 35Syears'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
HAS INTERESTING RELICS

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
As am constant reader of The Age-H Her
aid, the best paper in the state, l thought as
some are writing about old things and old rel
les, would mention two that have I have
a violin or fiddle that my father and brother
brought from Edgefeld district, South Caro-
lina in 1910. When the war broke out be-
tween the states my father and his brother
went forth to fight for their country and car
ried the fiddle through the war. My father
died while in service on February "a, 1864,
but his brother stayed until the war ended,
and he brought the fiddle back with him in good
shape, and it is in good shape now. And wnen
my fathers brother, my uncle, died, my brother
bought the fiddle at the sale, and when my
brother, M. W. Rushton, died in 1915 the fid-
die was handed down to me. i don't DOUBT
but what it is the oldest fiddle in the whole
country. / can't trace it any farther back
than 1910, so l don't know how old it is. But
if it could talk it could tell many thrilling
things, as it went almost through the whole
Civil war.
/ also have hammer that my grandfather
brought from England in 1909, when he was
16 years old He was born in 1893 in England
and moved to South Carolina in 1909, and in
1910 he moved to Montgomery county, Ala
bama, and died in 1857.
NJ. N. RUSHToN.
Luverne, September 6, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
ALABAMA LOSES ONE OF
HER ABLEST MEN s.

Former Governor Emmett 0'Nea, who died
at his home yesterday in Birmingham, was a
man of strong convictions and had the courage
which we like to think is characteristic of the
American people. He had somewhat stormy
political career, but he lived to see his official
acts as governor indicated and enjoyed meas
ure Of public esteem that was justified by his
great ability and his services to the state of
Alabama.
Governor O'Neal quickly won prominence in
the legal profession and for many years, both
before and after his term of office as the
states chief executive, he was prominent m
the public life of Alabama. His knowledge of
the law was profound and earned for him q.
national reputation. He had exceptional gifts
as writer and orator He was one of the
most eloquent and forceful speakers the state
has ever produced, and one of its ablest writ
ers. His public addresses and many of his
newspaper and magazine articles were MASTER
pieces of cogent reasoning, expressed in style
that arrested attention. His services as a plat
form speaker were often in demand in Alabama
and other states.
AS president of the Muscle Shoals associa-
ton, the last public work with which he was
identified, Governor O'Neal fought with char
acteristc vigor to obtain the Muscle Shoals
property for Henry Ford. In fact, his devotion
to this cause brought physical collapse
Governor O'Neal was typical of the old SOUTH
a striking figure wherever he went, and with
lied southern men of the ante-bellum period.
When engaged in a controversy, political or
otherwise, he asked and gave no quarter, but
he made and kept many loyal friends who will
mourn his death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
THE TOAST OF THE TOWN


Josephine Daskam Bacon, in Harpers Magar
zine
Love it was rosy thing "a merry thing, a
gay thing,
1t bloomed above this cold old earth like
roses on the snow.
It turned into a clawing thing, cutting thing,
a touching thing,
I've loved a many times, my lass, and J
ought to knowl
Love it was graceful thing, tender thing,
a touchin gthing,
It bent above my lifting arms like wave
crests Ger the land.
1t turned into dull thing, clumsy thing. .
crushing thing
It's bruised me many times, my lass. ought
to understand
o Love It was bloomy thing, fanny thing,
a starry thing,
1t flung me up above the clouds as stars leap
in the sky.
1t turned into leaden thing, cursed thing.
corpse thing
And yet I turn and look, my lass. to catch
It, passing byl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08

were upon the whole well behaved but the large
number riding the cars made it necessary to
move the boards giving the colored usually two
thirds the car, and then the aisle was filled for
this distance with standing colored passengers.
White ladies and men were forced to crowd
their way to the seats in front. Those in
charge of the cars were requested to allow
white passengers between Acipco and town to
board the front platform to avoid crushing
through the aisles crowded with coored, but
were refused. Railroad men at the end Of the
line forced the colored to wait for the white
to board. Fortunately, the Acipco negroes are
an exceptionally well behaved and sober class
of colored people; otherwise there would have
been serious trouble. If the Birmingham Rail
way, Light and Power company would place
the doors at the side of the car, like those on
the Tidewater, no objection can be found. Re-
spectfully, DIR. F. B. SUTTON.
Birmingham, September 7, 1922. 1886
Thirty-first avenue, north
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
DAIRYMEN ALIVE TO
AN OPPORTUNITY

The dairymen of Jefferson county are per-
fecting arrangements by which they will retail
their dairy products through central city
agency. More than 100 have signed an agree
ment to enter into selling pool.
1t is estimated that pooling milk will cut out
rs to 80 delivery wagons with their man and
horse power and cost Of fuel. 1t will elimi-
nate duplication of effort in the same block.
1t will reduce the cost of retailing and will
result in better milk at more reasonable
price.
More important than the mere act Of pooling
resources is the intention of the dairymen to
establish standard grades, to which all must
conform. The dairymen propose to so stand
ardize their milk that the consumer will be
absolutely assured that what he buys comes
up to the grade marked on the label. That
will do more for the milk trade than all other
things combined.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
LEAGUE OF NATIONS SURVIVES
I'm SPITE OF ITS FOES

Democratic leaders in Washington have de-
cided to request former Gov. James M. Cox
to check some of his ardor for the League of
Nations when he returns from Europe this
week. While abroad Mr.. Cox pledged himself
to carry on the fight to make America a mem
Der of the league, and was treated with dis
tinguished consideration as a man who was
once nominated for President by the democratic
party and might be nominated again.
The democratic politicians who will ask Mr.
the league believe that it would be unwise
to inject this issue into the congressional cam
paigns During the presidential campaign OF
1924 it may be expedient for the democrats TO
renew their fight for the league.
But whatever the politicians may do about
it, the League of Nations is not dead On the
contrary, it promises to grow in strength and
prestige and gain the recognition it deserves
as the greatest humanitarian movement ever
conceived. Commenting on the third assembly
of the league, in session at Geneva, and
=
the New York World says:
These activities, valuable they are. do not
stitute measure of the Leagues Importance. It's
Importance lies not in what it do but in the
fact that it to exist Let the League but
hold on and its friends will be content For soon
or late France will settle with Germany, and Ger
many will become member of the League Soon
late Europe will settle with Russia, and Russia
will become member of the League. Soon or
late the American isolationists will have made all
the conceivable bunders they make and a party
committed to the League will back prepared to
accept the responsibility that Americas power in
the world entails.
Woodrow Wilson is an old man, and broken
in health, but he may yet live to see America
take her proper place among the nations of the
world and carry out the ideals for which he
strove in Paris. The American people are
slowly, but surely, learning what policy Of
national isolation means.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Golf stockings cover multitude Of sins.
Obedience Is the. price of spiritual Anowi1
edge.
Racers strip themselves that they may out
strip others.
The less advice man has to give the more
listeners he will have.
A tasteless watermelon, moreover, La about
as far as insipidity go. I
Riding on the spur Of the moment has pune
tured many pneumatic tire.
No man lives useless life. He may serve
as an example for others to avoid.
Some people hope for the best only under
protest and are disappointed when it happens.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is to be
satisfied with your opinions and content with
your knowledge.
About the only time that we can borrow
without interest is when distance lends an
chantment to the view.
The looks on any married woman's face
should convince the girls that the men are not
worth the exertion necessary to catch one.
The man who doesn't want any trouble and
endeavors to smooth things so he will have
none not infreauently mixes the dope for
some one else
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
GRATEFUL FOR AID

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
Allow me to express to you, as chairman
of the publicity committee of the Alabama
Merchants convention, our appreciation for
your wonderful support given u.s.
feel that the large attendance and wonder
full success that we had was largely due to your
support in an advertising way through your
columns.
l am sure that am voicing the sentiment
of the entire organization when make the
above statement to you.
If at any time can serve you in any man.
ner whatever, call me, as l feel very
grateful for = your hearty support Yours
truly, w. A. CURRlE.
Birmingham, September s, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
HARD ON FISHERMEN

"All my life said j. P. Miles, II have been
an ardent disciple of old Izaak Walton, and
nothing gives me greater pleasure than to cast
lure to the fnny TRIBE. My friends. know
ing this, ofttimes make it hard for me to re-
main in the city by sending me photographs Of
the spoils captured in their piscatorial pursuits
| have just received such picture from a
couple of my old time buddies Ed Davies and
Dan Kirby, who are down in Miami. This pic
ture shows a fine string of kingfsh which
look to weigh eight to ten pounds, some larger,
and they report such fine sport that I fain
would be with them. However, they're fine
fellows and I'm glad they're having such fine
sport"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS WILL
FIGHT CRIME WAVE

Every law-abiding citizensein Birmingham
should cooperate with the citizens commit
tee organized to check deeds of violence
pecally cases where people are taking the law
into their own hands. This movement is made
imperative by conditions in the Birmingham
district, where it appears that no man, or
woman, either, is safe from mobs.
We have had repeated floggings which the
authorities seem unable to stop. The good
name of Birmingham is at stake. The impress
sion has gone out over the country that this
is one of the most lawless cities in the United
States, and the outrages committed here would
lend color to that belief Regardless Of our
rapid industrial expansion, cannot have
city worthy of the name unless the laws
strictly enforced. We can ill afford to boast
of our development in other ways when mobs
roam at will and floggings are of almost night
" occurrence.
The time has come for drastic action, and
the full weight of public sentiment must be d-
rected toward law observance. Some of the
crticicm of the law enforcement authorities Is
unjust They have arrested persons they
knew were implicated in floggings and could
have arrested others, but the victims refused
to give evidence 1t is all very well to talk
of laxity in the police department or the
sheriff's office, but the principal reason why
floggers have not been arrested and convicted
is the unwillingness of their victims to tes-
whipped in Birmingham and Jefferson county,
instead of trying to help the legal authorities
in their work of catching members Of mobs,
have endeavored to hush up the matter, for rea-
best known to themselves. Some have
not even reported that they were attacked
and one or two have denied that they were
flogged. In such cases the police can do little
One negro who was recently flogged gave the
police the name and address of whom
he accused of being in the party that whipped
MIN. When this was arrested and brought
before the negro, the latter declared he had
never seen the man before in his life and
shortly afterward left town. That is the sort
Of thing the police department has had to con-
tend with.
The representative people Of Birmingham,
and all others who believe in law enforcement
and good government, are thoroughly incensed
by the lawlessness which has prevailed in this
district for months past. 1t must be stopped
We can no longer tolerate acts that are dis
grace to a civilized community. Organization
of the citizens committee to promote law en-
forcement will be warmly commended
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
REALISTs

The literature Gye used to read
On rainy days, in secret hooks,
The kind our parents had decreed
For youthful minds were baneful books,
We now with mild amusement view;
They seem innocuous and tame.
The school of writers known new
Would make Nick Carter blush with shame.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
KING WINTER


Summer wanes,
Autumn rains
Soon viii spatter window panes.
Winds will sigh,
By and by
Snow upon the land will lie.
What delight
At the sight
Of a world all swathed in whitel
Fires will leap
And we'll sleep
Meath a pile of blankets deep.
Poets sing
Lovely spring,
OF all seasons Winters kingi
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
OPPOSES PRESENT CARS

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
The writer desires to add his name to the
list of those objecting to the ''pay-as-y you
enter cars on the Acipco car line
That Labor Day was passed without serious
trouble, caused by the mixing Of the races, was
very little short of miracle.
There was barbecue at the end Of the line
and thousands Of negroes were there. They
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
EVERY CITIZEN DIsGRAcED

7 think the numerous floggings admins
tered by mobs in Birmingham are a disgrace to
every citizen of Birmingham said 0. L. Bum,
secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, "and
the city is certainly getting a lot of undesir-
able publicity all over the country as result
II the police department is not adequate to stop
such lawessness, l think the citizens should
raise the money to put stop to it, and for
one would certainly be willing to do my part.
"The truth of the matter is that it is worse
than we would suppose, for only one out OF
every ten floggings is reported to the police
department and as a result only one out OF
every ten gets in the daily newspapers. The
majority of US haven't any idea to what extent
this thing is being carried on. Private punish
ment is being melted out every day, and there
are many innocent victims
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
OFF DUTY

"Hold out your hands for the bracelets said
the detective.
"Lay off that stuff" growled the pick
pocket. "I'H go along wild youse widout maxim
no trouble You needn't tell my hands
amt Workin' today"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
EPISODE I'M MOSCOW

well, Ivan, are you admiring the canned
goods in that grocer's Window"
eyes," replied the emaciated Russian, bit
terly sand much good it does me! I lack
100000 roubles of having enough to even
buy a can opener"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
PLEASURE SEEKERS

Professor, would you oblige US with little
jazz"
"Sir, am an artist"
Gust forget that you are an artist for a
while. We have a lot of people here with low
brows and timber joints who want to dance"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
VIEW AuTocRATs OF THE WEST

GO out west for a while"
ITO view the scenery"
mot particularly. It would do.syou good
to see former bad men cringing before movid
directors
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RESTING

"Who is the distinguished looking stranger?"
81 understand he's an anarchist"
What! So well groomed, so polite and af
fable and with no sign of bomb around?"
Hes on his vacation.
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RISK OF A LITTLE LEARNING
eribson writes POPULAR books"

"Scribson whites popular books" =
"True."
"But he says he never went to college
Its a good thing he didn't. 1t might hav
cramped his style"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
FIVE THOUSAND SEE PICTURE IN DAY

"On last Monday, which was the first day
of the showing of David Wark Griffith's lat
est masterpiece of the screen, Orphans Of the
Storm, there were 5000 people who saw the
picture at the Lyric" said Walter S. Crosbie,
manager of this playhouse "These were paid
admissions, all of them, showing the tremen-
dous popularity of Griffith and his art as
moving picture director.
Karl Hoblitzelle, president Of the Inter-
state Amusement company, showed great fore
thought in buying the picture exclusively for
his playhouses in the southwestern circuit, for
the picture has been received enthusiastically
everywhere. In Atlanta there have already
been two showings of Orphans of the Storm,
playing to capacity houses just we have
had at the Lyric, and everywhere else the pic
ture has been shown"
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!. srArEsMAN's MopEsTY

Senator, do you think your speeches vii
be quoted by. generations yet unborn?"
~ have no such hope, sir. will be wei
satisfied if they are not quoted by the oppo
sition in the next campaign"
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No matter what happens, keep on hoping
and trying. Despair is the height of folly.