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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
MUST BOW TO INEVITABLE

In spite of Lloyd Georges insistent re quest that Great Britain and the United States take steps jointly to end the French occupation of the Ruhr, it is unlikely that anything of that sort will be attempted. While Bonar Law disapproves of the meth ods adopted by France to collect the repara- tions due her from Germany, he has made it clear on more than one occasion that the British government has adopted hands-off policy and it is quite certain that the Ameri- can government is unwilling to interfere having far less justification for doing so than Great Britain, who is an ally of France and committed with her to enforcement of the terms of the Versailles treaty.
 In her present mood, the statesmen of Europe may we'll hesitate to approach France with suggestions that she withdraw from the Ruhr. The British premier in formed Mf. Lloyd George that France would regard intervention by commission of the League of Nations as an act of hostility The possibility of using the League of Ma tions for ending the Ruhr deadlock is ex- tremely remote, and will continue to be so, unless the French government reverses it's present pOllclcS Wltn regard lO GerHldily, which she shows no intention of doing. The British premier is steering what appears to be safe middle course, one that will not create any more friction than already exists between France and Great Britain, although his statement that British troops would be kept on the Rhine "as long as possible" may be open to variety of interpretations. He may have intended to intimate that it might become impossible to leave British trrops in occupied territory, but that question will be decided by future developments. Great Britain is not going to break with her ally for the present. That is quite evident.
 In the meantime, while the other nations, including the United States, carry out a policy of watchful waiting, the issue lies solely between France, whose determination has not weakened, and Germany, who is pow erless to do more than offer passive resist ance. It appears to be simply question of how much longer Germany will refuse to bow to the inevitable There is little ground for Germany to hope that outside interven- tion will extricate her from plight she brought upon herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
A Timely Editorial
Tested Value of Good Roads
 Houston Post)
HUUSIVII, USEJ


 Bond issues for road improve ments have frightened many people in recent years. Both in Harris county and in Texas good road bonds have been defeated in the not distant past.
 North Carolina is taking a diff ferent view of the matter and is today in the forefront of the states constructing good roads. An in teresting theory of how road inn provement can be paid for out of the saving in gasoline Is being aa- vanced in that state, and apparent ly, the people are finding it sound, as they are standing by their road program.
 According to a report from the highway commission, the average automobile owner in North CaroIi- na last year saved forty-seven gal ions of gasoline through the posses sion of the good roads now in ex- istence. Figuring on a basis of 25 cents per gallon, the saving to the individual motorist was $11.25. To all the motorists in the state the combined saving was $2,137,970.
 "This sum-" according to the re- port, lis sufficient to pay the in terest at 4 IA per cent on $50,- 000,000 loan."
 If the saving in gasoline is prac- tically enough to pay for good roads, it would seem that good road investments would be the most pro- fitable the people in any state could make. Other savings to the individual motorist will perhaps amount to more than the saving in gasoline. The difference in break age, in the wear and tear on a car on good road as compared with that on bad road will amount to more in money than the gasoline saving. "A car on a city street or paved road will last several times longer than |. car in country with unimproved roads. These things are always figured in,when estimat- ing the life of a. car.
 But even these are merely incl dental savings. The great benefit in good roads, the great dividends from the investment, come from having transportation system that affords quick and easy access to markets and which knits the peo- pie together into one great commu- nifty.
 If the economic were the only benefit to be derived from good roads the investment in them would be worthwhile. But the benefits to the social life of the people, which embraces the educational, the reli- gious and the recreational phases, are yet to be added, and these per haps, in the long run. are t.se great est.
 The citfzenry of North Carolina is certainly setting the people of the other states some mighty ex- amples in progress. If the develop ment of industry to absorb local products, in the ultra liberal support If education, both elementary and higher, and now in the construction of a network of good roads. the people of North Carolina are show ing high degree of intelligence and wonderful spirit of progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
MEMRER oF ASSOCIATED PRESS
TESTING SEAPORT AMENDMENT

Governor Brandon has put to the supreme court four questions designed to bring forth opinion whether the seaport amendment as recently approved by the people of Alabama properly authorizes the state to undertake the development of the seaport and to bond itself in a sum not to exceed ten million dollars for that purpose. It is intimated that the court will give the questions im- mediate consideration and reply on it's con vcning about April 1. While the courts reply will not be in the nature of a formal decision, it is expected that the investiga- ton will be so thorough as to satisfy all reasonable doubt in the minds of bond pur- chasers.
 The court has invited attorneys to file briefs giving their reasons for or against the validity of the amendment with respect to the issues involved. Already the attorney general has given out that he will present a brief setting forth the reasons why he be- lieves the amendment gives the state the requisite authority contemplated by the people when they ratified it. The state harbor commission will welcome briefs from other attorneys in support of the states authority to proceed in the premises. Un- doubtedly those who take the opposite view and who may have the good of the state equally at heart will file briefs in exposi- tion of their, adverse opinion, for it is as nec- essary that fatal defects be discovered now while there is legislative opportunity to cor rect them, as that the minds of the people should be set at rest, only later to have it develop that such defects were overlooked
 Meanwhile, it is said that plans for actual construction of port equipment are in progress of formation, and that no time is being lost in case the amendment is found adequate. This undertaking is so important to the states welfare, affecting as it does our commercial, industrial and agricultural progress, that the minds of ouf public off, ficials and our harbor board lAre properly engrossed in it's problems. Development of the port at the earliest possible date con- sistent with efficient administration is Ala barna's foremost need.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
Poor Boys Who
 Became Famous
Marshall Field. Farm Boy
By FREDERICK HoUK LAW

Every person who goes to Chicago wishes, first of all, to see the great Marshall Field store, one of the very greatest commercial institu- tions in the world, with branches and representatives in many lands. That huge business, whose cash ac- count reads like that of a small kingdom, was established and de- veloped by man who was once only a Massachusetts farm boy, un- able to go to college and sent in early life to work as poorly paid store clerk. Probably there are still living in Pittsfield, Mass, people who bought goods from the l8- year-old dry goods clerk, and felt themselves very much superior to him.
 If Marshall Field was clerk he was a good clerk, and knew how to sell goods. He also looked ahead to being something greater. When he was twenty-one he left the Pittsfield store anu went to Chi cago, where he was once more d clerk, but this time In a greater store. He was looking for oppor- tunity, and he found it. Because he was honest, quick, thoroughly good salesman, and alive with ideas and ambition he gained a partner ship. Once again he used his ability to his very best and became master of the mercantile business. Then he organized company which ul- timately became the present great organization of Marshall Field and company.
 In certain sense Marshall Field had reached the top, but he did not stop in his efforts. re watched every detail of the business, studied the demands of the public, sent his buyers far and wide, and put for ward reliable goods at reasonable prices. Like an engineer at the throttle he guided the enterprise until he more than doubled and tripled an already great income. Money came to him in vast sums, and he gave money away liberally for the benefit of o,aers, supplying millions for free education and pub lie uplift. Every person who at tends the University of Chicago has Field to thank for the land on which the university stands; and the Field museum in Chicago, and other in stitutions are monuments to him. The humble clerk had developed into an American prince.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22

It is hoped the survey will be ordered. More than one good result would attend such survey. It would indicate methods that would prevent damage to crops and lands. It would tend to show what powers there are on these streams capable of developing ydro-electricity, and the cause of public health would be served in eliminating breeding places of malarial germs. These two rivers course through rich mineral and agricultural sections in northern Alabama. Nowhere in the state is population increasing more rapidly or industry making more pro- nounced strides Such an important section should have no such underlying handicaps in its progress as two streams that inter mittently overflow their banks and bring preventabe evils in the wake of these over flows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
HOW ABOUT GEORGE? GDatroit Eraa Eressl


 In Lincoln day address at Ann Arbor, Rev. Herbert Atchison Jump remarked that if Abraham Lincoln had been growing up as young man in this generation he would not have attended the J-hop at the University of Michigan Friday night; he would never have been "an expert in wearing a tuxedo, or in driving a shiny high-powered car; nor would be probably have had time to become one of the atnietIc heroes of the campus In view of the profound modifying influence environment and general GUS tom are known to exert, we think that Rev. MT. Jump is assuming good deal, even though what he said does sound plausible. However, we note that he does not mean to reflect in the slightest degree upon these current and popular forms of excitement among the youth o. today" Which probably is a good thing, because if MT. Lincoln might possibly have eschewed them, while envying those able to indulge, only little con sideration of the career and ten dencies of that other great Amerl- can whose birthday>we soon are to celebrate, indicates that had he lived at such time as this he would have been in the swim with both feet George Washington was great beau in a dignifieu way. a great athlete and proficient in dance. He had all the social refinement of his day
 All of which, perhaps, goes te indicate nothing except that no one walk of life and no one tempera- ment has a-monopoly of greatness or of genius.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
Home

Today would like to run away-far away with you. I would like to take big boat and go across the waters to your country and to my country. I would like to visit old cafes and watch the people in little groups with heads bent low--over tall glasses. would like to walk along country roads and go up paths leading to quaint stone houses with red roofs. l would like to hold ia. babies with rosy cheeks. l would like to ride on funny little trains pulled by wheezy engines. I would like to do these things with you-because the blood of your coun- try runs in my veins, and I know were there-with you--even for little while-I would feel that I had come home.-La Petite.
 "Prisoners in Jail Make Spurious Money.' If they do not have care they will be ar rested
 Now is the time when any citizen who shuffles off his mortal coil, whether his al- ment be gout, cholera, glanders, leprosy, sleeping sickness or housemaid's knee, is listed as victim of the cold wave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
South's Growing Prosperity

There is general recognition of the prosperity of the south, pros perity that has come despite the boil weevil and its destruction of large part of the cotton area. Frederick William Vile, Washington repor- ter, writing of the conditions of the farmers, says that in every state III the union, except Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Mexico and Washington, there have been in-
 creases Tn crop values compared with last year. He goes into details as to the various crops that have brought the most favorable prices, and in this connection makes very complimentary reference to condi- tions in the south. He says: Per haps the most notable improvement in any given region has taken place in the south. Although cotton was light crop last season, nevertheless the south stands to receive from l $500. .000,000 to $600,000,000
 more actual cash than year ago. Moreover, the south's income repre- sents real influx of money and not merely trading between farmers Or |
 average price of cotton per pound on farms was 23.8 cents on De-
 cember l, 1922, as compared with
 16.2 cents on December |, 1921.
 This has brought the south into a
 position of considerable importance in the country's business. Not only
 is it providing greatly improved market for manufactured products, but there is little doubt that in- creased consumption by the cotton belt of pork products has played
 very material part Il. the sustained
 price of hogs and corn. The south
 has been continuous buyer of
 northern farm products" It would
 seem that the boil weeyil served at
 least one good purpose, to call at.
 tention to the south as farming
 section. Not only it's cotton, buc
 other crops are displayed in large
 headlines throughout the east ana west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
The Jefferson Good Road. Island

Dear Torchbearer: Referring to the much talked of methods of apportioning the pro- posed gasoline tax, the Selma Times-J Journal thinks Jefferson should take advantage Of the magnificent (dare one say golden?) op- portunity to play the Good Samaritan to the other counties, which leads one to believe the writer of said article must have memo ries of drive through Blount county in mind when writing same.-L. L. J.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
States Waste By Fire
tAnnlston Star)


 Alabama pays a heavy toll to carelessness in it's annual fire losses. This loss is not alone in dollars and cents, but human life figures in it to an alarming extent. It has been estimated that at least three-fourths of the fires that daily destroy life and property in the United States can be classed as preventable. With the exercise of care and caution they could have been prevented. Alabama's fires are preventable doubtless in the same proportion. The National Board of Fire Under- writers announces Alabama's fire losses during the year 1921 to have been $6,79S,511, and this loss places Alabama twenty-first among the forty-eight states of the union. The fire underwriters figures, prob- ably as accurate as could be com piled, show that every man, woman and child in Alabama contributed $2.89 of the total loss sustained in the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22

Germany says that the expulsion of recall citrant officials from the Ruhr only stiffens their resistence. The farther away from trouble they are, the more belligerent they become, we presume. There are people like that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
Utilities Belong to State

lBlrmlngham Labor Advocate)
 The bill to take away tax exemp- tions given powerful corporations who develop at the expense of the people of the state the water power and other utilities has caused a tre- mendous squawk from certain newspapers over the state. All this twaddle about broken faith, etc, is merely propaganda at so much per propaganda, and it should be taken for just what it Is worth. The utilities of the state belong to the people of the state, and no indi- vidual or set of individuals, elected or otherwise, has the right to give them away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
TO CONTROL RIVER FLOODS

A survey of the Sipsey and Cahaba rivers, with a view to measures that will prevent overflows which have wrought damage in the Sixth and Tenth congressional districts in recent years and whose recurrence is , continuous menace to property and to health, has been asked by Alabama congressman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
Changing, But Life
 By REV. H. C. oFFERMAN
There is no deam.

The Life and Death of the world are merely part af the one great life.
 It is for the you of yesterday, and the you of today, and the you of to- morrow, to make yourself a part of the one great You of Time and Eter- nity.
 And whosoever liveth and be- lieveth in me, shall never die"
 May life live,' said great poet.
 May Life II;---
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22

The senate committee unanimously voted an adverse report on the proposal to loan Germany million dollars to buy food in this country. German collections are too difficuIt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
Reflection
They just imagine it.

They just imagine it.
 Reflection Now is the holy time of Lent When calm, reflective hours are spent
 In thought sublime
 Of Easter time
 And all it's glad habiliment. We were under the impression that the dangers of travel in the great west had dis appeared with the passing of the warlike Redskin. And now comes warning head line: "7,000 Widows in Pasadena" Add Famous Sayings.. Don't Give Up the
 Bar'T' Up rose the gallant congressman, The spokesman of his noble clan. Shoot, if you will. this old gray head, But spare that bar'l of pork,' he said. We'll, we presume this calm means that the city commission is unable to build an audi torium.
 Let the Boy Scouts have try at it. We'll wager they won't be two years at it. Nicaragua having agreed to limitation of armaments, the army will now turn in his gun and go back to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22

The federal coal commission says that the anthracite producers have trust and charge more for coal than they should How in the world can gentlemen talk about one another like that?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22

How can those expelled German officials expect to rule the Ruhr from the outside when they declare the French cannot rule it from the inside?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22

Senator New doesn't wish to succeed Governor Reilly of Porto Rico. Perhaps he doesn't wish to succeed where, it is said, Reilly didn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
Alabama Press
Growth of Gadsden

We continue to near rumors of something big going to happen. Gadsden and this district with it's untold wealth and wonderful nat ural advantages and resources is bound to be the center of activity and we hope 1t will soon be. If all signs don't fail this year will witness a big industrial activity in this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
THE BEST MINDs~

(San Antonio Express) If more of the best minds would mind their own business the world would be better off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
T HE AGE-H HER AID

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoitlee as second-class matter under act Of congress- H"ie" 6. 1S70
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22

 jbs1oReHBEARER

We don't believe the tax burden is mak ing the people of Alabama humpbacked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
Homeward Bound

The shades of night were falling fast When down the village roadway passed A youth who bore mid snow and ice A dozen kinds of strange device: One vacuum tube,
 One antenna coil,
 One regenerate receiver, One condenser,
 Etc, ra~
 Etc,
 And ct cetera.
 Now is the time set aside by proclamation to kill the houseflies.
 Every time you kill one you destroy T dynasty.
 And leave that much more room for other dynasties.
 The most humane method it to trap the flies and feed them to death
 Most of them are grandfathars and grand mothers by the time they find the trap, anyhow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22

Nicaragua having agreed to limitation of armaments, the army will now turn in his gun and go back to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22

Now is the time set aside by proclamation to kill the houseflies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-17
kEYPORT

DR.. and Mrs. C. Leroy Close en-
tertained a number of friends at
cards Tuesday night. Following the
game a social time was enjoyed and
refreshments were served by Mrs.
Close.
Mrs. James Morrell, of South Key
port, is spending two weeks at Law
alette.
DR.. H. T. Hopkins is preparing 20
open his summer drug store at
Keansburg and expects to be ready
for the opening on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Campbell
will entertain the Evening Card Club
at their home on Maple Place Satur-
day night.
One of the most decided improve
ments to the borough of Keyport is
the continued removal of front line
fences from properties. All over the
borough the front line fences are be-
ing removed adding much to the up
to-date appearance of the borough.
Girls can secure clean pleasant work
sewing handkerchiefs: steady work all
year round; good pay while learning. APP
ply Reyport Handkerchief Co., 237 First
Street, Keyport. N. j.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-17

Scene 1, Plea for a Nutrition Class
President Board of Education, DR..
B. S. Pollak; superintendent of
schools, Ernest D. Easton; medical
inspector, DR.. Hugo Alexander;
principal of school, ]. L. Law
renee; school nurse, Miss Jane G..
Wick; physical training supervisor.
Miss Beulah Balm; promoters, led
by Miss Lila Duy, executive secre-
tary, T|uneryille tuberculosis Asso-
citation, Miss Lois Remage, Miss
Jean Houston. Mrs. Pegina Hark-
ms, Miss Virginia Chetwood, Miss
g. NJ. Inglis. Miss Laura Woodruff.
Scene ?, Nutrition class-(Under-
nourished children with mothers
present. Representing the five
classes of malnutrition). Class con-
Quoted by Miss Lois Remage with
name of parent, cause of malnutri-
ton and name OF child: Mrs. A. H.
Dell, adenoids, Charlotte Borden:
Miss Margaret J.. Orr, spoiled
child, Helen T. Headley; Mrs. T..
G.. Shreve, overwork, Margaret L.
Johnston; Miss Roxana Candy.
faulty food habits, Catharine Cam
eron; Miss Margaret Haines, sleeps
with windows closed, Jane j.
Packard: Miss Linda X. Meirs.
reads late at night, Raymond H.
Greenman; school nurse. Miss
Myra Dumont; clinic physician,
DR.. Florence Child.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-17
BAPTIST WOMEN GIVE
100000 TO MISSIONS

KANSAS CITY, May II (By The
Associated Press):-As a result Of
missionary stimulus afforded by con-
slant study of missionary topics
throughout the past year, the organ
lied Baptist women of the South
contributed approximately 100000
in cash to missions and benevolent
works other than the work of their
local churches, according to the an
nual report of Miss Kathleen NAL
Tory, corresponding secretary of the
Women's Baptist Missionary Union.
presented at the thirty-fifth annual
session of that body here today.
In addition to these gifts the
women in their organized capacity
sent $4,000 in special equipment to
the Baptist hospitals on the mission
fields of China and Africa, and
$4,000 in cash and clothing to suf-
fering Baptist families in Europe,
the report set forth.
The number of local Women Mis-
sionary Union organizations affiliated
with the convention grew during last
year to approximately $4,000, and a
total of 1903 study classes of one
week each were held in the interest
of home and foreign missions and
other benevolent programs.