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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS
Arthur Pue German
By Frederick Houk Law

A thirteen-year- old boy work Ing as a page in the senate of the United States can pick up a great amount of information about hu- man nature as well as about poli- tics, and he can pick up some pretty high ambitions as well. That is what Arthur Pue Cor man piked up when he was thin little thirteen-year-o page, and the ambitions that he treasured socarefully led him to become in later life, at the age of forty two, a senator in the very place where he had once run errands for the men of his childhood. In his case close association with politicians did him no harm.
 Arthur German was born in Maryland. not far from the city of Washington. He was very proud boy when he first entered the solemn precincts of the United States senate, having been given the position of page through the kindly help of some friends of his people. He did his work faithfully, and took great delight in listening to what was being said and in trying to understand it. Although most of the speeches were far too complicated for him to know what they were all about, yet he was able to gather a re- markedly great amount of sound information. His work as page made him familiar from childhood with the atmosphere of politics, and with the terms and the meth ods of political life.
 When he became older 1t was altogether natural that he should try to gain some political office. He made the effort, and having good friends to back him, won by his cheerfulness and by his will ingness to work-he gained a place as collector of revenue in his native state. At thirty six he became a state senator, having first served in the Maryland house of delegates, of which he was for a time speaker. At forty-two he was sent to the United States senate, where he served two terms, making a brilliant record as a man of personality and power. Ii @ H1Hue HIS Idilo hiiOWii II Ciii one end of the country to the other, and was so well thought of that many suggested him for the presidency. Ht was still in the senate of the United States when he died at the age of sixty seven.
 Without having the opportuni- ties for school and college. he had made the most of his opportunities for private reading and study, and was a well-read man, sur passing In breadth and accuracy of information many who have had the privilege of attending col lege. Education Is always a mat ter of character and never of school or college.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTIONS

Incomplete unofficial returns in Mississippi's gubernatorial promary give H. L. Whitfield lead of some twelve thousand votes over former Governor Bilbo, his nearest competl- tor. A run-off election between Whit field and Bilbo7 on August 28 leaves little time for campaigning, and the people of Mississippi will have some more lively politics within the next few weeks that should satisfy the most strenuous. In a casual forecast it looks now as if Bilbo more nearly boiled his full strength than any of the five candidates in the first pri- mary. The majority vote for other candidates came no doubt from voters who are dissatisfied with political con- ditions and who desire change of ad- ministrative policies and political com plexion. Present indications seem to point to the election of Whitfield, who is a man of intelligence and adminis- trative ability as shown in his posi- ton at the head of well known in stitution of learning. His educational work has been constructive. The large vote he boiled in the first pri- mary suggests the confidence in which he is held by the people of Mis- sissippi. It would not be surprising if his lead over Bilbo in the final con test were considerably larger than in the five-cornered scramble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
BEWARE THE BROAD LIFT"
(Chicago Tribune)

(CnlcaBO 1rlDune)
 The lift on the road is an old act of kindness. Decent people In settled, orderly places offered it because they were amiable and wanted to help another person along the way~-but prudence in a city, or elsewhere for that matter, says that it shall neither be of fered nor accepted nowadays.
 A good deal of crime is on wheels. Criminals are scouting the street and country roads. The people they pick are virtually helpless. Contrariwise, the man in a car who yields to request for a ride may find a gun at his head in short order. The good Samari- tan may go to the hospital in a barrel It is the ugly necessity of city life to regard a stranger as a potential enemy, It need not re- suit in discourtesy, but it says keep your guard up. Credulity often leads to an empty pocket book and a black eye, or, in the case of a woman. to worse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
Will Continue to Kill
(Houston Post)


 It is not surprising that suggestions should be numerous at this time with respect to the crushing burdens of the presidency. It has been evident for twenty years or longer that the responsibilities of the office were reaching the point where they were well beyond the physical strength of the incumbent. The processes of cen tralism are stronger than ever before, The federal government will become greater, more complex, more intricate, more paternal, more extravagant, more expensive. And it will continue with much greater frequency, per haps, as it grows with the tendencies and the years, to break down and kill our presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
EFFECTS OF THE. BOIL wEEvIL

The expert secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Colonel Hs c. Hester, a man careful of his use of statistics, estimates the loss to the South's cotton crop through the rav- ages of the boil weevil in the past five years at billion and half dollars, exclusive of the cost of seed and ruined plants. This is a fearful toll, but there is also ground for an op- timistic reflection. Human effort does not gather much headway with out opposition stimulating men to overcome untoward conditions. The boil weevil hastened the blessed day of crop diversification which has done so much for the South. The dairy ing industry of the South owes its in spiration largely to the boil weevil. Farming has been placed on more scinetific basis following the necessity for this. After diversification came the principle of cooperative market ing, the pooling of the strength of the mass for the benefit of each indi- vidual.
 The weevil also caused men to real ize that nothing that grows is without its lurking enemy just around the cor ner and prepared to ravage and de- your if not controlled. California spent millions to do away with citrus pests. The South has gone earnestly about devising ways and means for destruction of the boil weevil. The best brains of the country are engaged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
A Man-Killing Job
Arkansas Gazette)

Perhaps the death of President Har- ding, following the breakdown of President Wilson, will bring the American people to a realization of the fact that the presidency of this great country is man-killing job. As soon as possible there should be reorganization and reassignment of the work of our chief executive. Businesslike America apparently has failed to appreciate the fact that the duties of the president, which more than one hundred years ago could be handled by one man, have increased each year. Today it is all but phys ical impossibility for one man to take care of them. Something should be done at once to relieve the strain on our presidents, for, as MT. Wilson says, wise and prudent athletes constitute a very small class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

heavy increase in costs, and really proved beneficial to the owners and a blessing to the workers. There is no reason to believe that the change will work an economic burden in the case of the Eastern mills. The big problem of production per man-hour bids fair to be solved in way that will prove advantageous all around, and without necessity for any con siderable advance in steel prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
SMILES
Angry With Him
(The Country Gentleman)

(The Country Gentleman)
 "Ill tell you how 1t was, my dear" said the first girl. "I was driving on the wrong side of the street-it just happened so-and in turning the corner I struck his car, one of those disgusting little flivvers. l hit the side of it-not so very hard; my car wasn't hurt at all-and showed it around so that one of the rear tires came off And l believe the fender was bent and one or two other unimportan, things broken. At any rate, he was very coarse man. He jumped out of his car with an oath-or I guess it would have been if I could have heard 1t and'-
 What did you do then2"
 "Oh, 1 gave him such a look, and drove away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
ALI SHADES - of fOPlNIONO
Wilson's View of Strain
(Knoxville Sentinell

Attention is called to the fact that Woodrow Wilson wrote of the strain to which incumbents of the presiden- tial office were subjected in his work, Constitutional Government" written in 1908, nearly five years before MT. Wilson became president, and that he had warned against the excessive bur dens under which a conscientious pres ident must labor. His suggestions were made doubly prophetic by his own and his successors experience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
Work of Special Interest,

A revenue bill is propo which calls for additional sour of taxation. If 1t does not pas will be because of the pressure special interests which spend money necessary to send dele tions to Montgomery. and WI have already obtained the strik out of portions of the progra Probably the answer is that in4 ential men interested / in ! money spending get hold of legislators and line them up this or that object. Then log T, ing does the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

Portland, Oregon, has declared war on sheiks. Whether they navigate un- der the name of Asphalt Arabs" l" "Jelly-Beans," Washers, Dor what not, the general verdict seems to be tha5 they are public nuisances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
SAFETY THE THING

IDeITOTC T Itt IVS5I
 It may be all right to invent Il technical name for drivers of mo- tor trucks, but the general public is more interested in making cer- tain that whatever they are called, they are careful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

A Minneapolis banker declares that the recent election in Minnesota did not indicate that the state has gone red. Many thoughtful citizens of that section are seeing blue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
A Practical Suggestion

Judge Roger Snyder of Birmil r ham has made practical md meritorious suggestion relative .u the matter of requiring security for costs in civil cases where jur trials are demanded. A bill pro viding that security must be fur nished for the costs will be int duced in the legislature. The passage of that bill will mear a great saving to the taxpayers sud a reduction in the enormous amount of frivolous litigation that is being conducted in every ceIys in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
On Behalf of womsH

z,,, N SA S4ioo Al"oS)
 bllis sponsored by the Alabam. League of Women Voters will come before the legislature in a lew days. They provide for an elsht-hour day, forty-eight hours per week. for women workar. ana Tor a cessation of work for sir weeks prior to and following child birth, and relate to workers In stores, shops. laundries and fac tories Passage of the bills would "ork TOT the good of tho state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
"Nind Us Right There"

Huntsville Times)
 Being complimented as one of the pioneers in the cause of prohi- bition, both in practice and in theory is one of the fine things we enjoy and throughout life you'll always find us right there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
Two Schools of Thouxht Ash lapd Dre-

Reports of legislative action at the state capital indicate that there are two distinct schools of thought contending with each other-one in favor of entralized government, vested in departm ont heads, and another in favor of the principle of local self f-governmen that Is, keeping the government as near the people as possible. The trend has been for some time to invest too much authorit, fin departments or bureaus and me is ripe for a reaction to set ir strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
Passes For OfffcdaYu


 representative J. E. Young of Dallas county has introduced a bi,i in the legislature to remoye tba inhibition in the law forbiddinr the railroads from granting passes 10 sheriffs and peace officers who are searching for criminals or when 1t becomes necessary to make trips for the arrest or return or criminals. The proposed law has merit and should receive cara tul attention of the law-makinx body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
Consistency
(NaShVillo Banner

(NaShVlIIo Banner1
 Charleston, South Carolina, held state troops in readiness to insure a safe and sane election day. Thus are we reminded of the freedom that is guaranteed in the land of the free and the home of the brave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

The head of the county board of revenue is reported as saying that the people will be let in on future im- portant steps looking to the building of new courthouse. If the people are not let in, the board of revenue will be let out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
What He Ran

(San Diego Union)
 MT. Mission Hills: T run things at my house." MT. Golden Hills: Probably the lawn mower and the washing ma chine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

Some of the radical members of congress who are itching for an extra session are suspected of growing inn patient to unload speeches they have been zealously preparing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
,yI.;.t VIII They Do.
IT,nsas City Star)

IN TIIs IS NIIE EtdI
 aq o's police chief announces that he will put stop to bootleg ging in the police department. One wonders what the Chicago police will find to do now? Will they have to come down to stealing IT. otor cars again?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
Should Get a Move

tCoIbert County Reporterl
 The Alabama legislature b.. been in session more than +hra weeks now and 1t has not passed a bill of any importance. It js keeplng pace with its record es- taDIlshed during the winter ses- slon. Of all the laws passed then most of them were by resolution creating this and that committee, or something to destroy the best taxing machinery the state ever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
CALLS WORMS FROM GROUND
(Ohio State JournaD

(Oh1O state JOurnaIJ
 The Investigating scientist has found an old fisherman who calls the angleworms to come out of the ground when he is gathering up bait for a fishing trip. doing 1t by driving a stout piece of board into the ground a few feet, then drawing another board over the end rapidly. That act causes a rasping sound, producing vibra- tion in the ground, the disturbance causing the angleworms to hurry to the surface to escape threat ened harm, then the fisherman picks up his bait in triumph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

One of the American women who was captured by Chinese bandits de- clined to talk when she reached Hono- lulu on her way home. Perhaps she felt that she had no language that would do justice to the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
Needs OverhnuIfn.
(Gadsden Times-Nau,e,

NNuuSUeH IImeS-N eWS1
 we hesitate to ask adjournment. put we are sure that the states law-making machinery needa overhauling badly-nothing would help so much as would the takine out or some of the misfits. Bet ter results would be obtained if nothing were put in their place. II no improvement could be made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
THE PARAGRAPHERS
Choosing His Words

est. Louis Globe-Democrat)
 When a political leader de- nounces a statement against him as misleading" it indicates he has paused long enough to use milder term than he at first thought of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
QUITE A PIE RECORD

(kanSaS CIty Staf)
 Chicago eats more pie than any other American city. Which is quite record, considering the competition of the pie throwers i'l Los Angeles and the expert knife eaters of New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
One Thing to Its Account (Coosa River Naws>

1NBWSJ
 One good thing the legislature mas to its account is that of ad- versely reporting a proposition of the interests to tax jitney trucks to death. Manifestly. 1t was a proposition of the railroads to tax competition. and If the solons kin the scheme they will have wrought thus far well,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
Much Missed
(DIIIi1th Hara1JN

NDululn ferald) Muggins; Yes, I'm living out in the country now. It certainly has its inconveniences." Buggins: What do you miss most?"
 Muggins: "The last train home at night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

Alabama are satisfied that it is bad thing for the state morally and eco nomically. That sentiment, founded on patriotism and civic righteousness, cannot be successfully resisted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
DOSn't Look So
(NeIy York Hero11\

(New York Herald)
 This is called the horseless age" but forty-one horses. year lings. sold the other day in the Saratoga race course paddock for total of sSS,600, an average of S2161
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
A Different Man
CEl PasO Hpra1d1

Irate Housewife: "Ain't you the same man I gave a mince pie to last Christmas?"
 Tramp (bitterly): No, mum, I'm not, and wot's more the doc tor says l never will be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
Little Tommy

Nouisville Courier-Jo -JournaD Then you like your geogra- phy 7''~
 Yes, 1t is the only book big enough to hide a detective story"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
Only One ExpIanRtion

"Madge and Mabel used to be. bosom friends and now they scarcely speak"
 Whats his name?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

Magnus Johnson's voice is said to be so loud that it completely drowns his ideas. Thus, there are nearly al- ways compensations for election blun- derS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

The garbage problem of Brming- ham will not be solved by dumping an avalange of talk on a long-suffering public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

It will not be surprising if the Coolidge boys vary the dignity of the White House with little youthful pep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

It becomes more and more apparent that the only friend the boil weevil has is the stock-ticker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

The trouble with the Turk is the past has been that he would sign or promise almost anything and let it go at that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Commendntion Merited
lGadsden Journal)

The state senate ofsAlabama iS to be congratulated upon its ac- tion in defeating the bill to change the present method of selecting county superintendents of educa- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

Reversing the order of things, the mark could consistently hold that there is not always room at the bot tom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

A conclusive reason why the convict lease system will be abolished is that the great majority of the people of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
THE AGE-HERALD

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10
NEWS RuREAUS

FREDERICK I. THOMPSON. .. President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-10

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New Britain herald., 1923-09-28

and the business world had been be-
set by alternate periods of good times
and bad times since there hadn't been
any business to prosper or suffer
There might be some connection.
Two years charting and study In
the back room of house in Welles-
ley Hills, Massachusetts, brought out
Just one fact--that each of these in
dividual factors when chartered evil
denced sort Of wave movement. Per-
haps Newton's Law of Action Reac-
ton might govern here as 1t did in
physics and mathematics. On the
strength of the supposition Roger
Babson went to England and studied
all the writings of the great scientist
that were available. He came back
convinced-in fact he had found New
tons own prediction that some day
men would realize that business and
human relations were governed by
this same fundamental law.
Another years work and dozen of
these figures on fundamental business
conditions had been combined into a
picture of American business, which
evidenced clearly the governing prin-
ciple of Newtons Law. Since every
New Britain herald., 1923-09-28
Paris Bishop 10 Address
Foreign Missionary Group

Des MolHss. Ia, sept. ss-Ebishol
Edgar T Blake. rssidsAs bishop q
Paris FFaHes, Win address the annaai
general executive meeting 81 fhe
Wamsh's FsFslsA Missionary saeisfF
10 be held here oetohsT 1888, accord
Ing 20 an announcement MADE by MEs
Evelyn Riley Nicholson, president
The society has total msmbeTshlp
Of slsfs2, which Includes aaxiliaFies
sfhiesi fepns People ans standard
Bearers ss,issi kins's HsFslas ss,ees,
ana Little Light Bearers fs.iis,
Bishop Blake will sivs sems Of has
experiences while attending the Living
Church Conference Al Mesenw, Rus
STA. other prominent speakers on the
program Include Aiss Anna Gordon.
president Of the Worlds women's
Christian Temperance unieni Bishop
Thomas Nicholson, president OF the
Saloon League OF American Pref
o. II, Smith. Marking, China. and DR.
Y. Y, Tsu, secretary OF the Chinese
Christian association
New Britain herald., 1923-09-28
RIO HONORS MEMORY OF
VICTIMS OF MOTOR CAR
special ssrsioe Held IN Honor Of Dead
which Aroused Great interest
And support

Rio De Janiero, Sept ss'-A sps'
eiai memorial day for the victims Of
automobile accidents vas eslsbratsd
IN this city recently with such popular
interest and support that very PROB
ably II will become an annual event
The idea OF an automobile victims
memorial day grew out OF a proposal
probably made by some wag, 20 esie-
brate 4 .'ehauffeurs day" In homage
20 the powerful labor organization
which protects the interests OF the su'
tomobile drpers But owing 20 the
large number OF automobile accidents,
with their toll OF killed and manned,
the automobile drivers. as a class. are
not beloved by the people. The pub
lie protest that was Immediately ana
loudly raised was organized into a day
OF homage to the auto drivers VIC
tins
Mass for the souls OF the automo-
bile victims was celebrated in the
church OF Sac Francisco de Paulo. one
Of the largest temples In this city. and
the crowd that attended. consisting for
the most part Of relatives and friends
of those who had been killed by au-
tom obiles. filled the great building TO
overfiowing.
wreaths OF flowers we're spread on
the graves OF automobile victims and
other flowers we're placed on some Of
the death corners of streets whefe
automobile accidents have been fire.
quent
All of these ceremonies were viewed
with great public interest, and called
forth much press comment
Although official statistics concern
ing automobile accidents have not
been published, It is estimated that an
average OF FIVE persons are killed or
injured by automobiles In this city
every day.