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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
THE WHEAT FARMER AND TAX EXEMPTION
Detroit Free Pressl

How the evil of tax exempt securities ramifies in many direc- tions and turns up in unexpected places is revealed in the. report on the condition of the wheat mar let which Frank W. Mondell and Eugene Meyer have filed with the president.
 Tn making their investigation throughout the West, MT. Mondell and MT. Meyer heard many com plaints from farmers regarding high local taxes that are adding to the general hardships of the grain growers. Seeking a reason for these high taxes, the investi- gators found large increases in state and municipal debts. And going back a step further, they learned that public expenditure in the agricultural West have been greatly encouraged by the easy market for ta3-exempt bonds. The | commissioners report that al | though the interest rates on those securities are low, public borrow 1 ing has run wild to such an ex- tent that the aggregate tax col l lected to pay annual interest has become serious -burden on the public.
 It was beyond the scope of the work of MT. MondeH and Mir. Mey- CT to follow the subject further But everybody knows how tax-ex- empt bonds issued in the West and in other places are sold tc men of wealth who seize the op- portunity presented to them to remove sums aggregatins billions from productive industry and place it beyond the reach of the federal tax collectors, how in con sequence, not merely the wheat farmers, but all those engaged in business enterprise are placed under a discriminatory handicap and a productive, parasitic class is fostered.
 The movement to submit an amendment to. the federal consti- tuition which will rNske intensifi- cation of the present situation inn possible, and gradually lessen it, failed in the last congress. But the demand for relief continues and will grow as people increas- ipgly understand that the tax exempt bond is uneconomic and vicious.
 The wheat farmers evidently are getting line on the facts, and the men who undertake to act as their leaders and champions will do well to stop talking about taxing the country in order to create an artificial market for their produce. and go in for an honest bond market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS
William G. Simmk
By Frederick Houk Law

About 1925, a 19-year-old boy was working in a drug store Tn South Carolina. He was lively young man, and did his work we'll.
 twill Simms is quite boy| one of the frequenters of the store said. "Tte tends to business, and he's always studying, too. Hes going to amount to something You see"
 In that same year the 19-year- old drug clerk gave to the public an original poem written in honor of Gen. CRarles Pinckney, South Carolina hero of the days of the American Revolution, man who was one of the makers of the constitution of the United States, and so popular that he was nomt- mated both for the position of Vice President and later for that of President of the United States. The poem, written by Charleston boy, naturally attracted attention. In this way William G. Simms en- tered into a long career of literary work. For eleven years he had been trying to write poetry. For. the most part he taught himself, for he did not have the chance to go to school. In the hours when he was free from work, and in the chance moments that he could use as he pleased, he read books of poetry, <and tried to initiate the work that he read. By doing this year after year the drug clerk made himself into one of Amer ica's poets.
 William Simms had always had to shift for himself. When he had been a mere baby his mother had died, and not long afterwards his father had gone off to fight In- dians. The boy, cared for by rela- tives, went to work as soon as he was old enough. He was indeed quite a boy" for he not only did all that was asked of him but he also developed himself into 2 rich manhood.
 The young man took up the study of law with an old lawyer and was admitted to the bar. At first he had intended to practice. but after a year or so he found that his real interest lay in writ ing. He continued to write poems, and occasionally to issue them in small volumes. Much of his life he devoted to. newspaper work, but he made authorship his chief occupation. He wrote a great number of novels. among them the famous one called "The Yemas- see" He was an indefatigable writer and wrote histories, poems, magazine articles and novels with astonishing rapidity. At SS he was honored by election to Congress. In the Civil War he was loyal to his people and to the South. and devoted his talent to the Southern cause. He became one of the most loved of Southern writers, not only because he was so wholly a self made man but more particularly becauseshe made his looks, wheth- CT history, fiction or poetry, re- fleet the spirit of the South. He was, in fact, to the South, all that Fenimore Cooper was to the North. He died in 1870 at the age of 64, in the city of Charleston, wl1ere he had been born.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
GOOD PLAYS IN DEMAND

The claim by some producers and managers that theater performance must be suggestive, risque or more or less prurient in conception and pre- sentation to be financially successful is not borne out by the facts. The weakness of such claun was demon strated in Birmingham last week when clean and wholesome musical comedy with an instructive historic back ground and staged with due considera- ton for the proprieties was given four consecutive presentations, in each case
 There was nothing in the production
 to large and appreciative audiences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
| VANISHING FORESTS
(Fort Worth star-Telegram,

Forests in the United States are being cut down for timber five times faster than trees grow. Three quarters of the original soft wood forests of the nation have been made into lumber. These are startling statements from re- cent address to tho British Empire Forestry Conference in Ottawa by Colonel Henry Solon Graves, direc- tor of the Yale forestry school.
 To realize the gigantic destruc- ton that has been wrought in American forests by the demands Of the sawmills, it is but neces- sary to point out the fact that the united States still has a soft wood supply second only to that of Rms sia. Colonel Graves dwelt s,inon this statement, and declared that the present supply would be sniff clent Tor requirements if handled under proper forestry principles.
 Proper forestry principles pro- vide for reseeding of cutover lands not desirable for agriculture Mn lions and millions of acres of hin and mountain timberland. ara turned into waste by the. tree feliers, wastes that because of to- geographical difficulties cannot he brought under the dominion of inc blow. Four-fifths of the soft wood Forests of the nation are owned py the government. and the gov ernment forestry service constant " IS reseeding where timber land is burned over by forest fires An intelligent conservative policy thar would put supervision of all pri- vately owned timberlands in the hands of. the forestry service to insure that for every tree cut down another would be planted would be a measure that would endear this generation to it's grandchildren,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
SMILES
John Bull Abroad

(Harper's Magazine)
 A F'renchman now in this coun- try tells of the discovery in Paris of the most 'nervy" of all tour ists, an Englishman. who entered a well-known cafe, accompanied by two little girls, ordered three plates and began to, eat sand wiches, which heNhad brought with him in his pocket.
 The manager. overcome by this outrage. approached the Briton. and said: T should like to inform you that this is nbt a.
 Who are you?" interrupted the Englishman.
 T am the manager"
 "Oh, you are the manager, are you? That is good. I was just going to send for you. Why isn't the band playinG?" <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
The One-Horse Farmer
(Gadsden Journal,

(Gadsden Journal)
 Sometimes we hear of a little one-horse railroad" or a little one horse lawyer" or little one horse" something else. But let no one speak slightingly of the rlit- tie one-horse farmer" For, in Etowah county it has been proved that he can be 'big one-horse farmer" Take the case, now. of c. c. Payne, a tenant on Walden Hopper's place near Altoona. He made one-horse crop this year. He whipped the boil weevil and he whipped the army worm and he overcame adverse weather condf- tions early in the season. As A result. with his one horse, he has produced eight bales of cotton. r75 bushels of corn and 25 bushels of potatoes. He and his wife did the work without any hired help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
RETAIL CLOTHING PRICES

An eminent English critic said that when one makes serious statements it were well that one inform oneself as to the subject treated. This finds application to complaints made of the high retail costs of clothing. Retail prices of this and other merchandise under the laws of business are largely regulated by prevailing wholesale prices. Yet the consumer ,has been given special consideration, according to investigation by the United States of labor, the results of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Should Keep a Record

(Oneonta Southern Democrat)
 We wonder how many farmers in Blount county keep a. record of what they make and what they spend? Wonder if they know how much they have spent for things that they could have pro- duced at a profit and what crops have been cultivated at a loss? We need to "cull" our crops like the successful poultryman culls his chickens--cut out the non-lay- CTS, the p-producers. We can't do this unless we keep a record. It is just as important for the farmer to keep record of what he does as it is for the business man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Another Possibility
(Rid0eford Journall

(Blddeford JournaD
 The president of the Kentucky League of Women Voters says that the present vogue for paint ed faces and the use of highly col ored and perfumed soap is respon- sible for low morals" This may be so, but it is still possible that the woman may have unconscious ly got the cart before the horse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
There's No Excuse For War

(Pittsburg Gazette limes)
 Those who express the thought that earthquakes are worse than wars. <are wrolig. Earthquakes may be disastrous, but wars are of mans making and<may be avoided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
EAsILY ExPLATNEn

(Kansas note in Kansas City Star)
 Brother Philander," said I to our head deacon the other day, you trade horses occasionally. How do you manage to do it and keep your religion at the same time?" Mostly" replied old Phil ander, "by not.letting the other fellow skin me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Just Talks

Rastuc: "Ah wants divorce. Dat woman jes' talk, talk, talk, night ant day. An can't get no rest and dat talk am drivin' mo erazy.''s
 Young Lawyer: 'What does she talk about "?'s'--T7-s- ?s'---T7
 She doan' say"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Few Potato Curing Houses
(Alexander City outlook)

(AIexander City Outlook1
 Among the things that are to be regretted is the fact that there win be few potato curing houses this winter, as there were not enough potatoes made in the state to authorize the opening of these houses for business this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Make More Fer Acrs
(Centreville Preasl

What the thrifty negro farm ese, from Dallas county can do can bas done by white and black thriftY farmers in other sections of th4s state. This man made eight oaieS of cotton on seven acres. Tho Press has contended all along that it would be moro profitable to plant and cultivate "a small acreage, and work 1t intensively, than large acreage half fertilized and worked. More farmers should try Sam Jones' of Dallas plan of cotton cultivation. Not that wa mean to cultivate just seven acres. but cut the acreage and make 1t make more than your farm has been making.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
New DAy For Mere Man:

' NFHIIdUtIpIlld fttCOTuJ
 Justice is not so one sided as has been believed; a man in Cali fornia has got alimony from his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

The city of Denver sold it's voting machines for mere fraction of what was paid for them. Most voting ma- chimes cost much more than they are worth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
satsumns Coming

(Dothan EagIe)
 It is predicted that within a few years Satsuma oranges will be one of the leading industries of this section. Already some older trees are producing a satisfactory yield around Round Lake. They are put on the market ahead of the Florida oranges and always find a ready sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
More Than Resolutions Needed

(Monroe County JournaD
 One of the troubles with farm ers' organizations, as we'll as in other departments of business. is that when set of wise and timely resolutions is adopted ths membership imagines that ths problem has been solved and tha whole scheme goes into effect au- tomatically without individual CO., operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Be Lucky to. Use It

(Boston Transcript)
 An heir to the throne of Jugo- slavia has been born, and probably has fair prospect of outlying the throne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

Those who believe that there is nothing in name might test out their view by reading a recently published hood called "B1nk.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Vineyards Profitable

It is something out of the or~ dinary now for grape arbors In this part of Alabama to be found bearing abundantly. yet many of the vines brought in this year bore grapes in profusion and of the very best grade. If compara- lively a few vines caa producS many grapes. why could not many vines produce enough grapes to make the growing of them prsfit% able work?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

One of the few laws needed these days is law with teeth in it prohib- iting the enactment of any more use- less laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
THE PARAGRAPHERS
'Nuff to Give ono Brninstorm

(New York Herald)
 If as the department of agricul- ture reports, it costs s1.23 bushel to produce the wheat which is sold for s1.11, 1t is not difficult to un- -derstand the state of mind of the farmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Then stand From Under!

Chicago News) When the proper occasion arises President Coolidge probably will not hesitate to cut out the muf-' fer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
This Is q serious Life

And it is a matter of vital inn portance whether the October. bridegroom becomes the December. tindling splitter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

Whether or not prohibition is a po- litical question, it seems difficult to keep it from getting into every phase of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

A contemporary complains that the voters cannot be relied on. Neither can a good many of the candidates after they are elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

Most probably there will be shors- age of turkeys for Thanksgiving un- less the chicken-yard is kept unlocked after dark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

Germany may have an official die tator, but -Stinnes seems to be the un- official string butler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

It is doubtful if the Texas hat with which Governor Pinchot was presented will bring any additional convention votes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
ALABAMA PRESS ON
 FARM CONDITIONS
VIII Get More This Year
(Troy Messenger)

Again we say Pike county farm CTS are getting on in the world so far as a cotton crop is con- cerned, for she will get more cot ton this year than she did in 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

One reason why some folks are So easily insulted is because they sus- pect that they deserve it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

German crises appear long since to have assumed the continuous-perform ance stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

We note. that the street railway is adding bus lines. Thereby admitting that they are needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

Now, if the conductors are ordered to sell tickets, all will be we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

An exchange says that the America T people do not think much of congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Tha7SSs,SIIfORCH @ BEAPER.
Now that Armistice celebrations are over, Europe may go to fighting again.

 over, Europe may go to fighting again. To say the weather is balmy is not the same as saying a person is. How ever, balmy weather makes poets and there you are. An Indiana hen, matched in an in cubator, breaks the worlds egg-laying record. And her feat appears all the more remarkable when we pause to reflect that she had no mother to guide her.
 Illinois, on the other hand, has a rooster that matched brood of chicks. Even in the barnyard we find com plexes.
 Yesterday It was but yesterday That I
 Tipped lightly on my way M Carefree and swift, Without a care of woe -. Light as the gossamer Upon the wind I walked, But now
 l walk in pain -. Today
 l bought new pair Of shoes |. .. Andy H. One Alexander Alechine plays fifty four games of chess at one and the same time.~ This proves something, but we don't know what.
 Charity Begins at Home When frigid winds begin to hum l seek my winter benny; My wife has wished it on a bum And now l haven't any. Alderman calls Evanston Wettest Spot" -
 Civic pride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

Nor does congress seem to think much of the American people, having it's mind chiefly on other things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

That is, nearly all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

Government recommends apple pomace as cattle fodder. Pomace is what is left of the apple after the cider has been squeezed out. Fasti- dious persons may now get their milk from sober, if not contented, cows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Love's Awakening

Dear Torch Bearer: I am too ex- cited for words. I have just experi- enced all the joys of having a pretty girl flirt with me. 1 found that my chest expanded, my shoulders back; my head up and, most gratifying of all, my repeatedly condemned conceit for the moment justified. An, what tonic!
 Twas in an elevator. I was alone in the car (pardoning the opei'ator) when car (pardoning the operator) when she entered-not too tall-not too short-a blue-eyed blonde-young and lithesome. Do you wonder my heart skipped beat? And then she looked toward me and smiled, while one coy hand brushed from dimpled cheek an imaginary silken strand of the spun gold that was her crowning glory.
 Skeptical as ever, hastily brought my light heel down heavily upon my left foot's pet corn and found was awake. She was still smiling, and slowly l beamed upon her my skepticism vanished
 A frown replaced the smile as the owners fairy knuckles caressed my cheek :. and my skepticism returned as spat out three teeth
 How was l to know there was a mirror back of me?-Sin Nix. 
 NNohodv" !" wa oro +oId .:,1 tl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

Illinois, on the other hand, has a rooster that matched a brood of chicks. Even in the barnyard we find com- plexes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
THE AGE-HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. post office as second dclass matter under act Of Con- gress March 6. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

Alderman calls Evanston .Wettest Spot"
 Civic pride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Yesterday

One Alexander Alechine plays fifty four games of chess at one and the same time. This proves something, but we don't know what.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

To say the weather is balmy is not the same as saying person is. How ever, balmy weather makes poets and there you are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13

Nobody we are told, Twill walk 1000 years from now" The human i'ace will be divided into two classes : those who drive and those who jump.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-13
Charity Begins at Home

NHdrTty DcgTnx at Ifomc When frigid winds begin to hum seek my winter benny; My wife has wished itJon a bum And now I haven't any.
Evening star., 1923-05-06

IN o the editor: j would like to
say a wd. or in regards to
these stories which has ap
peared in all the papers lately
in regards to different gents and la
dies breaking the long distance non
stop dancing record.
1t seems like man named Cesare
Leone started the fad when he triped
the light fantastic in gay Paris for
something like "a hrs. but he hadn't
no more than began counting his
callouses when bird named Victor
Hindmarch over in England went %
hrs. and minutes before his arches
. left him fiat.
When the news of these wonder
full and useful achievements reached
| n Y. they was a Indignation meeting
amidst the red he-blooded Americans
and it was the sence of the meeting
that we shouldn't ought to allow not
even the marathon dancing champion
ship to be held by foreigners as prac-
tally all titles belongs in this country
like for inst the gum chewing cham
pionship, the long distance cusptdor
shooting record, the sustained hic-
coughing title and etc.
Well the committee made per-
sonal canvas of the best known male
hooters around the metropolis but
couldn't get none of them to voiun-
| teer as this is a great corn growing
country, so finely they had to pick on
| the gals and found willing subject
| in the person of 1 Miss Alma Cum
mings who dances for living up TO
l66th. st. and Broadway.
| Well, Alma stepped for % straight
| hrs. and everybody was shoWerlng
| her with congratulations and foots
ease when another gal who l didn't
catch her name went 80 some odd hrs.
| and made Alma's exploit look like
encore in the cts. per dance casino
at St. Joe, Michigan.
| But Alma comes from Texas where
men are men and women are desper-
ate so when this other gal hoofed her
way onto Page 1 why Alma couldn't
rest till she had tried it again and
give the boys and gals something to
shoot at for all time.
| Her ID. seizure lasted just 80 hrs.
4 and as these wds. is written ] amt
heard of no man or woman of either
sex but what is perfectly satisfied and
personly If / ever go up to 166th st.
and should happen to be the only man
there why / know one little Texas
gal that will half to undergo the
'pangs Of being = WAll flower.
Evening star., 1923-05-06

II DREAMED, on the nlSnl DeIOTe
we were to start. as j swung in
my small hammock. tented under
Il d faded green mosquito net. that
was participating il adventures
that had previously only come to me
in books I. an unknown peak 4.
unclimbed Impossible dan
serous" Tomorrow We should
find out.
When called before dawn by Nasco,
my Brazilian friend and guide, l
slipped on a pair of old brown trou-
sers, pulled on high leather boots,
tucked i'll my patched shirt. put on
my hat and was dressed, ready to
conquer the whole world.
The ascent of the Serro do Cucuhy.
to which l had committed myself,
was no simple venture. Cucuhy was
q temple-like mass of coarsely crys-
talline granite that rose nearly a
sheer 1000 feet above the fiat jungle.
All that l knew was that it would
be an attempt. 1t would probably
fail. If il failed, there would still be
the credit of the attempt. The ma
tives of the party, two Brazilian SOL
diers, and l advanced into the somber
forest. one after another, trailing out
like a snake that ever crept nearer