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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-09-01

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VIII pring tne tarlIl rlght INTO their
houses. Iney VIII nave II at meals, IN
the suing room ana INTO the ped
room. Nothing that the American
1amiiy needs is i've from tari11
tax :.
treasury ana custom OFFICIALS nave
made some estimates as to what the
Fordney-SMcCumper Dill VIII cost the
consumer over ana above costs now
established. Inc cher items listed
are;
Cotton Manufactures. 1888. 600 900
Wool Manufactures. $4,000 900
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onA manu-" ~ va % Do ao ooo,o
Ciotning, .--..'.---..'.---.a-....-. ooo'ooo,OVo
Sugar, ............-................ 580,000,000
Cutlery and hardware. 100000 900
Chinaware. - 10000 900
This amounts to a tax of S2.750.-
600 600 which the Republican party
proposes to saddle upon the American
people.
II is a direct repudiation of that
partv,s pledpe to reduce taxation.
II is a direct repudiation TO the old
policv of the marty.
II is robbery under the name of pro-
lection.
During the debate on the wool
schedule Senator McCumber. in
charge of the bill. declared that Eve
died for a principle in 1912"
There IS neither principle nor logic
in the bill which bears his name.
| If the Payne-Aldricn bin sent the
Republican party on the rocks in
1912. where will the Fordney- Cum
Der monstrosity send il in 1922?
The seven items listed above Law a
tax of s24 80 a wear on every man
woman and child in the United States.
On the accepted average of five to
the family the increased cost per fam
ilv under this bill will he $4,000
This is not the entire cost bv anv
means, nor is il half of it.
The cost on food products and on
building products 81 still to be recon
ed. to saw nothing of the taxes con-
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-09-01
BOYS CLUB PRIZES.

Club Sweet Potato Club Members expected to
make exhibits This will 20 cent of the work and
each boy girl cannot afford to miss this opportunity
Ten of and ten potatoes will be exhibit
The following Club prizes will be awarded To the boy making
the highest standing Corn Club Gold Watch will be
Second $500; Third $780, Fourth $S00 To other boy
who makes exhibit and completes his record for the
subscription to the Country Gentleman will egiven
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-09-01

If you have soy beans now you can
veil afford to feed some Of them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
AMERICAS TOY BILL IS S1OO.OOO. 900 A YEAR

The nations bill for toys is $100,o00,00 per annum. That is what it climbed to in 1921. Prior to the World war this country depended in large measure on Europe for its toys, but, as the European crop was cut off, American enterprise threw itself into the breach and made remarkable progress. The value of toys turned out by American factories grew from $14,ooO,OOo in 1914 to 5000, ,OOo in 1919.
 As imports of toys fell off exports in- creased. From three-quarters of a million dollars worth of exports in 1914 the business grew to one of $4,oOo,oOo in 1920, an in- crease of more than 300 per cent.
 Toys are in universal demand To-day" says a trade report, 'the children of over 50 countries and colonies of the world are hug ging American dolls, while the exports of other classes of American toys in 1920 were distributed to nearly 100 countries and col- onies as against half that number in the pre- ceding year"
 The capital invested in toy making has in- creased from $10,000, ,OOO to $25 5,000,ooO en- ploying more than 10000 operatives. Man kinds bill for entertainment begins in baby hood and closes with the grave. There is no difference between dolls and rocking horses on one side and golf clubs and yachts on the other but age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
REPUBLICAN CRITICS OF
 PARTY LEADER


 One of the striking manifestation of dis turbed party relations at this time is the fact that some of the severest criticism being di- rected against President Harding comes from republicans.
 Naturally the industrial leaders, many of whom helped to put President Harding in office, have not been satisfied with the man. ner In which the President has handled the two big strikes this year. They feel that he has lacked aggressiveness and has failed to make the definite pronouncements as govern ment spokesman which would have done much to shorten the battles.
 But perhaps the strangest anomaly is the criticism being heaped upon the President by republican financiers and republican newspa- pers for failure to reappoint a democrat, W. P. c. Harding of Birmingham as gover- nor of the federal reserve board. They feel that the Presidents failure to act is sur render to political demands and thereby throws the federal reserve system into poll tics, realm from which it's friends have been most eager to keep it.
 After speaking of Governor Harding as "well fitted for the work he has carried on in temperament, in freedom from partisan ship and in faithfulness to duty" the New York Herald proceeds:
 "The federal reserve system has been created under his administration. He guided it through the most critical finan- cial times in our history As it's head he co-operated with the banking interests of the country in providing the vast means to prosecute the war. He has co-operated with the banking interests of the coun- try in the yet more critical period of de- flation since the war. But beyond the boise and inherent ability MT. Harding has displayed as the head of the federal reserve system is the enormously valua- able experience he has had, which the government of the United States might well conserve to It's advantage in our great money system"
 The Herald then points out that if the re- serve board is turned over to the spells sys- tenn President Harding's responsibility will be very great and "the dismissal of MT. Harding in the interest of the spells system would stand as colossal mistake of the re- publican party"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22

members were constantly being advised to conduct the strike in lawful manner and have insisted that acts of violence come from out siders or at least from sporadic outbursts of individuals which are in no wise representa- tive of the membership itself.
 The fact remains, however, that it is these acts which do more than anything else to alienate public sympathy. No enemy of the rail unions could have done more to forfeit public favor than those men who deserted their trains filled with women and children in the desert of California, where the tenn perature reaches 13o degrees during the day Those acts were admittedly done by members of the organizations and by individuals whom their executives were unable to control.
 As for pulling spikes from rails on the Michigan Central railroad Sunday night, kill ing two men and endanger1ng the lives of several hundred the fast express, no lan- guage can be too strong in condemnation. While strikers themselves may have had noth- ing to do with this act, nevertheless it re- fleets upon the entire organization and is the continuation of series of violent demon- strations which have done so much to make enemies for the strikers.
 Strikes are never won unless they have a strong public sentiment behind them and public sentiment is never in sympathy with violent methods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
RAIL Vs. WATER RATES
From the Anniston Star.

From the AnnStOn Star
 Anniston, which is the chief soil pipe mand- featuring city in the country, is.shipping the product of it's foundries to the Pacific coas by water at saving of more than SIS ton over the cost by all rail routes. In this is again shown the value of the port of Mobile to the state, and especially to Anniston
 The fact that the rail charge for pipe to San Francisco is $27 ton and the cost when shipped by water Is 1882 1-2 shows also that the railways not losing any money on the freight they handle on long hauls. If Annis- ton plants were forced to depend wholly upon rail transportation the cost of distributing their products would be prohibitive. By rail to Mobile and by water to San Francisco at the cost of $8.82 1-2 enables Anniston pipe plants to compete with pipe plants anywhere and permits the sale of Anniston. pipes in the far west in competition with pipe plants anywhere. This is fair and it is good thing for Anniston.
 But for port facilities at Mobile, which 1t now is planned to make much better under the the port amendment, it would not be possible for Anniston or Birmingham plants to reach the Pacific coast trade without heavy transportation cost, and industry Tn the two most important manufacturing cities in the state would be seriously crippled
 The difference in freight rate by water and rail has been given to the Star by one of An niston's largest shippers. This shipper says IL would crush Anniston industry if we had to depend wholly upon the railroads for getting the products of Annston plants distributed The difference in rates appears to be en- tirely too great. Just why it is so great a difference does not appear, but the shipper cannot help feeling that in paying the railroad $27 for what he can secure for $8.82 1-2, he is contributing more than is fair to the rait- ways
 As an argument in behalf of support for the port amendment in the November elec- tion, the wide difference in rates should have much weight. Alabama's only port should have every encouragement possible and should be equipped with every facility needed to enable it to serve the needs of great and growing state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
BITTERNESS IS LACKING

"A noticeable feature of the aftermath of the recent primary election has been the ab- sence of jealousy or bitterness among the de- feated candidates and their friends said w E. Corning of the Morris hotel Ordinarily in the excitement of the closing days of the cleo tion, charges and counter charges are made often by the over-zealous friends of the candidates, than by the candidates themselves which engender more or less hard feelings that time alone can efface.
 ''In the recent primary, however, there was but little mud-slinging, the candidates as a rule running on their own merits. But the most noticeable feature of the election to me is the good grace with which the defeated can- didates accepted the decision at the polls "It is the first time in many years of ex- perience in politics that some defeated cand- date has not sprung on me the old gag, there are more liars to the square inch in Jefferson county than any section of the United States This speaks well for the sportsmanship of those who met defeat at the polls"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
INTERESTING ELK HISTORY

q have had occasional in the past few days to look over the records of the local Elks club" ]" said Harry W. English, who was one of the charter members when "old 79" was instituted in the late sos, land among the early records I find that on September 13, 1889, George Wilson Minstrel company, then in the heyday of it's fame, opened the season at the OBrien opera house.
 After the performance Frank A. Ramza, Charles Arno and John T. Keegan, all mem bers of the minstrel company, were initiated into Elkdom by the local lodge. On October 4, 1889, Frank A. Ramza died at Atlanta, Ga, just about four weeks after he had been initiated in 79 He was the first member of the young lodge to pass away and his remains were brought to Birmingham and buried in the Elks' Rest at Oakhill cemetery Dr. J. T. Beard of the Church of the Advent conducted the church service, Judge B. M. Allen read the lodge ritual The pallbearers were Yellow stone Kit, L, A. Turner, W. w. Crawford, Ike Lebolt, W. c. Scott, George Raps, Ben S. Thess and H. w. English.
 '"rhs bit of history of third of century ago in Birmingham Elkdom will doubtless prove of interest, not only to the members of the Elks, but to many of the early residents of the city,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
THERE IS CASH ON ALABAMA
 FARMS

Alabama farmers, having practically com pleted the marketing of fruits and truck, are turning their attention to the gathering and marketing of the major crops of corn, cotton, cane and the like. The difference between the approach to this autumn and those of many preceding years, until the farmer learned the art of diversification is that the farmer has cash in his pocket and need not sacrifice corn and cotton in order to feed his family.
 Farming has become a year-around occu- patton. Under the one-crop system it was an annual occasion with cash until late fall. Now the farm family has money every week in the year. It comes from butterfat, which is produced all the time and is paid for in cash. It comes from the early vegetables which begin to move from Mobile and Bald win in February, some in winter. It comes from the Satsuma orange and the pecan, from the sand pear and potatoes. Strawberries come in the early spring followed by beans and peas, cucumbers, watermelons and can- taloupes. In many localities these crops have been graded and are sold comparatively. In such instances the full market value is realized
 The number of cars of watermelons moved this year is 1,623, compared with 1,121 dur ing the same period last year. Alabama truckers have discovered the Irish potato as . cash crop. Shipments of that commodity this year have comprised over 2,0oo cars, compared with 694 cars last season.
 There is prosperity on the farms of Ala the same men keep store. That is being done more and more and the result is as happy as vividly apparent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
WHAT THE WOMEN THINK

From the New York Tribune.
 At last the prohibition poll conducted by "The Literary Digest' has brought forth a surprise. The first 10000 votes in the special woman's poll show even greater opposition to the present laws than the regular poll. Forty per cent of the women favored modification, 25.9 per cent favored repeal of the prohibit tion amendment, and only 34.1 per cent were for strict enforcement. This compares with 409 per cent moist, 2O.8 per cent wet and Ss.S per cent dry in the regular poll.
 To be sure this is only the result of small number of votes; but, judging from the pre- vious returns of ''The Digest.s" poll, there is every probability that it foreshadows the gen. eral sentiment among the women.
 It had been expected even by the vets that the women's votes would swell the dry con- tingent. But does this opposition to the pres ent laws mean that the women find the abuses of prohibition worse than the old conditions? Are the evils of raw liquor and bad home brew as great as those of the saloon?
 When these votes have been classified amore Tn Oetal IL VIII De easier 10 form Judgment upon their significance. It has already been shown in the general poll that there re- gional and class differences on the liquor question. The cities and industrial centers are for the most part wetter than the country. The factory workers are overwhelmingly wet.
 To charge propaganda or to question the validity of the figures is unfair. Whatever influence may be brought to bear by certain unscrupulots partisans of the vets is prob ably offset by equally interruptions partisans of the drys and moists. The poll may hon. estly be considered as an accurate expression of the general sentiment of the country, and as such should dispel many illusions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
How Chelidonis Saved
 Sparta

By Mark Stuyvesant, in the Cleveland FlalA
 Dealer.
 Ghelidonis was born in Sparta, about 2S0 B. c. She was the granddaughter of Timo- cea, wife of Agis, one time king of Sparta, and when very young married Cleonymus, son of Cleomenes II, King of Sparta.
 Chelidonis was very unhappy after her royal marriage, because of the violent tenn per of her husband, which often resulted cruel treatment on his part. He was also despised by his people, the Lacedaemonians, and finally the royal authority taken from him and given to Atreus his brothers son.
 When Cleonymus was dethroned he deter mined to be revenged Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, a neighboring country, was not friendly terms with the Lacedaemonans, and Cleonymus saw a chance to cause war be- tween the two countries This he did, Pyrr- hus readily consenting to aid in the elmina- tion of his neighbors.
 Chelidonis heard of her husbands plans and her heart was troubled for her people whom she dearly loved. What could she do? Pyrrhus was already marching his army to- ward Sparta, and there was little time. Sparta 1aQ put q udHulul O1 lilSu COtlpdAS0 WlIA buS great army of Epirus.
 There was much excitement when Archi- damia, one of the Spartans, entered the sen- ate and said that the only hope of saving the women and children from massacre was to send them to Crete. Cheldonis realized the danger the trip would place the women in, and it was then that she told of plan which had been in her mind since she heard the news of the prepared attack.
 Carefully preparing a message in which she warned her husband, Cleonymus, that he would never take her alive Chedonis placed a rope around her neck and waited for an an- swer. In the message she had declared there was only one armistice. Cleonymus 70 use his influence to recall Pyrrhus and his army or she would die immediately. Her ul- timatum was:
 Sparta or my life?"
 When Cleonymus received his wife's mes sage he was stricken with terror, for despite his weak ways and brutal temper he loved her. He begged Pyrrhus to withdraw his army and Pyrrhus-seeing how the Spar tans were fighting under the leadership of Acrotatus-consented.
 Thus Sparta was saved for the Lacedae- monians by Chelidonis and the many who loved her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
THE oLD-TIMER

By R. M. Patterson, Jr., in Adventure Maga- zine. Here I am, an old 'un, a-sittin' on string
 piece, A-smokn' and a-thinkin' of tie days gone Watchin' the steamers a-comin, in or goin'
 out, Fouln, the river and a-blurrin' of the sky Lord! What change has come about,
 thinks I, Since I was young chap-as trim a proper
 saorman As ever rove a block or laid hand upon
 clew- Comin' in from Callao up this very river, But cleaner then, and clearer, and the sky
 more bue In the old Althea clipper, battered, weary,
 overdue. Mary, when come ashore, told how she
 watched her standin' in, Roundin' to at anchorage-her spars iagin
 the west "Like fowl from long flishtscome back
 home ag'in," Says Nary Fold her wings and snuggie
 down upon her nest" Drop our hook and furl our canvas-"fold
 our wings and go to rest" Mary, she's gone; and the old Althea Is doin' shameful duty a sand-barge
 tow. And me, the proper sailorman, well, Pm
 wharf watchman, A-sittin' here and starin at the waters ebb
 and flow A-dreamin' of that summer evening 40
 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago Daily News.
 It takes lot of rehearsing to make the average man honest.
 When some girls are in pickle It is sure to be a sweet one.
 It isn't the question of who's got the but ton, but how many she's got.
 Other people have prejudices; we ourselves have convictions and opinions.
 If we could have what we want, undoubt- edly great difficulty would arise in wanting
 The only thing in the world that woman can be entirely frank about is being seasick.
 Love laughs at locksmiths, which proves that love isn't such serious matter after all.
 It is the habit of our minds never to think. of the thorns until we are paying for the roses.
 It often happens that the man who talks much about going to glory has neighbors who wish he'd make start.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
The Coming Convention
rom the Montgomery Advertiser.


 There is an inclination in some quarters in Alabama to exaggerate the importance and the powers of the state democratic conven- tion which will meet in Montgomery on Sep tember 6. That convention, of itself, win make no laws, even as it will make no nomi- nations, but it will be an advisory body of profound significance for the next legisla7 ture and the next administration.
 The roll of delegates show that the con- vention will include some of the soundest and ablest democrats of Alabama. It is not likely that they will misunderstood the functions of the convention. The primary purpose of the convention is to do a work needed in Ala bama-to reset the foundations of the party Knowing it's own limitations the convention will endeavor to state program for democratic party and to give advice to the legislature It will not attempt to assume the functions of the legislature, or the authority of any state official. -~ But the united wisdom of the convention will express opinions on questions which have been discussed by the democrats of the state.
 That combined wisdom will be necessarily of high order, and it will make distinct contribution to the public thought and pur- pose of the people of Alabama. The delegates come from the body of the people and they have been sent here as their representatives by the voters themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
BIG TIME COMING

"The surest thing on earth" said Charles F. Yarn, lis that there is going to be full attendance at the Alabama Merchants con vention August 29-90. The acceptanees of in- vitations are coming in hurry with every mail. By Monday morning there had been more than 150 and the territory covered was from Florence on the north to Montgomery on the south and to the extreme western and eastern edges of the state.
 "All the committees are briskly at work on the details. The crowning event will be the fashion show on the last night, when beautiful Alabama girls will show how they look in the styles displayed in Birmingham's big stores.
 q expect fully 2,000 visitors and believe I am not exaggerating at that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-22
MILLION BEGGARS
the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 There are estimated to be 100000 home- less men in the United States of whom about 10000 are in New York. This group is not to be confused with unemployed workers. It is recruited from the most part from seasonal workers and those who are msfits. A con siderable proportion of this group are poten- tial vagrants and beggars, even criminals.
 It is not hard for man to sustain himself in comfort in most parts of the United States by begging. The opportunities are especially attractive in cities and this folating popula- tion gravitates toward the centers of popula- ton. In New York these men in large num- bers acquire what is known as the lodging house habit. There is constant inflow and outflow as the demand for work increases or decreases, but there is always a permanent population of this kind to fill the cheap lodg- ing houses and the park benches.
 With no home ties responsibilities it $ easy to acquire careless habits and lose the will to work. An odd job or a few minutes begging usually brings in enough money to pay for lodging and food and the ambition to work vanshes. The possibilities of beg ging in New York are surprising. With mis- taken kindness, New Workers unwittingly con- tribute to the mendicant's downfall. It is com monly said by those familiar with these cor ditions that every dime handed to these beg gars does a dollars worth of harm.
 The prevalence of begging seems to in- crease slightly with the size of cities. Among those of less than 3o,ooo comparatively free dom from beggars is higher than in larger cities. The enforcement of laws against beg ging and peddling as a rule proves more sat isfactory in the smaller cities.