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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
WoRKMEN MORE EFFICIENT

An industrial writer, commenting on the
present status of industrial operations in
the country, said: industrial concerns OF
the United States in many instances have
increased wages, bu. the workers Of the
United States have increased individual eff
ficiency. That is the most encouraging fac
tor in the business situation in the country
today" This writer also attributes much
sor the efficiency now marking factory and
n 81 operations to imp;cve1 shop methods
and up-to-date machinery. The shop prac-
tire and the machinery have no doubt con-
tr.h, ted their part, but the efficiency that
courts most and always will is man power.
rrng the war the ART q soldering o.
the Job reached peak. The more men were
PAID for their work, the less some Of them
worked. Each advance i'll pay meant less
ret, rn in performance. Tn. spirit was net
re ,3fined to men paid by the day, but per-
related into the stores, the counting houses,
scvc1 ywhere. The nati)ls workers were not
bent on work so much rs on pay. 1t was
too easy for the moral health OF man and
women They gave way beneath the burden
of ease and developed q lac., Of neral re-
sponsibility never before displayed in this
ccuntry's conduct of business and earning
of wages.
Fortunately the return Of good times has
Ieer gradual Men have not been thrust
suddenly into whirlpool OF production with
frantic buyers waving bonusus in their
faces. Prosperity has not returned with a
suddenness nimical to retention of ones
poise and business Judgment. Employer and
employee alike learned in the deoacle of 1920
that the inevitable result of wild and I'M
moral business methods is destruction of
business and that none of the factors in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
A WOMAN ON THE JOB


California. One Of their latest moves is to
try out woman on the job of reducing
public expenses by establishing business
system in the state government. When the
new governor ran for the office he promised
substantial economy. 1t seems that in Cal
ifornla, as in most states, public officials
who had anything to do with supply and de-
mand for revenue were running more or
less wide open," and showing little distinc-
ton between meum and tuum. Largely
through the present governors promises and
the peoples belief in his sincerity and ability
to "deliver the goods" he was elected. One
Of his early official acts was to enlist the
services of woman to help him make
good. She went to work drafting budget,
and slashed numerous apparently unneces-
sary expenditures. Reports so far indicate
that she will save the people of California
several millions the first year. Her theory
is that any sensible woman who ever ran a
home knows how to figure and economic.
state budget making is the same as home
budget making, except on a larger SCALE"
she declared.
Precisely SO. Women as a rule, ana es-
rience are better traders than men. While
many people don't view it in such light,
getting the worth of ones money is just as
much an art as painting picture, writing
a play, decorating a un-parlor, or what
not. It's simply different field. The
woman who has succeeded in her yalue-
received experience on moderate scale can
be expected to enlarge her sphere of ac-
tlvlty with reasonable assurance Of success
AS purchasing agents, whether on limited
scales or for larger fields some women have
earned enviable regulations. Many nave
built extensive business in larger cities by
purchasing for other women all over the
country all articles from Easter hats to
complete house furnishings, and their rec
ords have manifested not only good tudg
ment in selection, but practical ability in
trading.
1t will be great day for towns, cities and
states, as well as for the federal government.
when those who collect and disburse tho
peoples money employ as much sincere pur-
pose, discriminating judgment and execu-
tive ability as in the expenditure of their
own funds. Perhaps SO gratifying a con-
dition may never be attained, yet even an
approach to it is worth while as force to
create much needed cofidence in the pub
lie service following a period of official
progressive gouging which is fast develop
ing public dissatisfaction. Indeed head
way toward so desirable situation would
Justify a large reduction in the tax burden,
while affording distinct improvement in the
public service.
The country will watch results in Califor.
MIA with interest while thoughtful woman
with experience and good purpose is on the
job, and will perhaps be more inclined to
predict success than if male executive
with acute political ambitions were direct
ing the undertaking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
Help
BY REV. H. c. OFFERMAN

"Come unto me. all that are
heavy-laden, and l will give you
rest"
"He will not let me fall"
"Help of the, helpless, Oh abide
with me-"
"And call upon me in the day OF
thy trouble;
II will deliver thee, and thou shalt
glorify me-"
II will lift up mine eyes unto the
hills, from whence cometh my help"
81 believe, help thou mine unbe-
lief"
"The Lord is my shepherd, l
shall not want"
"Shall we receive good at the
hand of the Lord, and shall we not
receive evil"
Saviour, teach me day by day.
Lies sweet lessons to obey"
"Give, and it shall be given unto
YOU"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

if one railroad denied through rates and
routings to a connecting line. The net re-
suit of the opposition of the American Ex-
press Company to establishment Of through
rates and routings with the Southeastern has
been inconvenience of the millions or peo-
pie along the lines of the Southern railway
and it's auxiliaries and handicap to the sue
cess of utility serving these people. It
seems pity that the Interstate Commerce
Commission cannot arrive at earlier decis-
ions in cases of such one-sided nature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
WHAT OF THE PEACHES?

GETTYSBURG Chronicle
Down in the Georgia peach belt
smoke screens were sent up from
hundreds of smudee pots to protect
the poisoning trees from frost.
Which reminds US trat the peach
crop killers up this way have not
made their annual calamity howl
thus far this year. Let us hope
that it is not the "ominous silence
we read about ever so often.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

tn scheme of business can perpetuate an
undue advantage. It has been found that
fairness is not only most wholesome as an
aftertaste, but the only means of stabilizing
business. The whole people are more eff
cient because so far they are using their
heads.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
How to Get Ahead

Alabama is trailing her sister
states in agriculture institutions,
according to the report of the leg
islative committee on agriculture,
which has just completed tour of
other states for the purpose Of
studying agriculture there. There
Will never be better time to change
that fact than at the present. The
committee discovered that we are
behind. Now if they will tell us
how to get ahead ana help to do it
they will have accomplished some
thing worth while.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

Although Alabama grows nuts of
unsurpassed commercial value, the
pecan industry in this state is just
now seeing it's early beginnings.
The Texas and Georgia nuts have
been marketed in large quantities
for several years, while Alabama's
production has never been devel-
oped to the proportions of money
crop. Something like 100000
pounds Of the nuts were shipped
from Dallas county this season, and
remunerative prices were obtained
for them, but the possibilities of the
pecan commercially has been barely
glimpscd by our farmers and land
owners.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

United farmers in Chiffon county
need have no misgivings about the
success of canning factory here.
We know the fruits and vegetables
can be grown here. And we know
there are markets for such things
when they are put in marketable
condition. 1t does not require any
thing to bring the advantages or
production and marketing together
but cooperation. The united farm
ers have the cooperation. There
you are!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
The One Who'll Win

(Sylacauga Advance)
The farmer who plans on raising
his own meat, his own corn, peas
and hay, is the one who will go
through the winter and be able to
make crop in 1924 without the
assistance of the supply merchant
or the banker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

A folk dance expert declares athletics will
cure spooning. All young men and young
women who desire to discard the tootsy-
wootsy habit may now get out and undertake
to hang up some new track records, or some
thing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
Should Raise His Feed

In addition to saving money, the
farmer who raises plenty of food
and feed at home will improve his
land, which is one of the most i'm
portant things for every farmer
to do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
Ten.Cent Store

Swarthy, shawled women Irummapinp
counters with work-roughened hands. pain
fully spending hard-eamed dmds.
A plmpy-faced youth singing sugary
ballad in melting tenor voice-at the piano
blase young woman langudly chewing
gum and ready to tell the world that she IS
amean ivory ticker.
At the jewelry counter two girls, start
lngly white as to facial background on
which penciled brows, vivid red cheeks and
lips shine up in contrast, dressed Just min
ute ahead Of the latest extremes.
A young girl and boy from the rural dis
trlcts, arm IN arm, munching candy and en-
joying themselves hugely, roaming up ana
down aisles.
A tired-face mother, hat awry, hair stray
Cling, carrying waing baby and distract
eddy trying to keep together the little flock
tagging after her.
Sales girls, heads together. whispering
and giggling, waiting on customers. when
their clamorous opportunities can no longer
be ignored, with the naughty air of offended
young duchesses.
lone, bewildered man wandering aim.
lcSsiy duout, eNlueHtIy In search of a lost
wife-Madison
The Pirate
When l go out on sundry nights to mako
the rounds and see the sights and cast dull
carking care aside where streams of iazz and
mirth abide, there is pest that posters me
and drives away my boyish gee--the pirate
in the cabaret who grabs my hat and coat
away.-P. I. P.
"Stop"
TIL motor pest
Doth cause me mourning
Who stops his car
without warning. jay.
There may be nothing in a name. but Won
can't convince the clerk of the court where
Spires Observation-Disclosures applied for
naturalization papers.
In the spring the contrib's fancy
Runs to verse,
And verse
And worse.
Brmingham's population is still growing,
in spite of the reckless drivers
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
Peoples Forum
A Letter Of Protestt

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
I read an article. Crock Pile on
Street for White Prisoners Is Fa-
vored by Cloe. Safety Commits
siioner to Confer With Dickson
Upon Latter's Return"
You will find above in Birming-
ham Age-Herald April 4, 1923. l
want to register with your commits
sion my disapproval of any such
indignity being hung on our white
men and boys of Birmingham. JEFF
ferson county. State of Alabama
U. S. A., on this day of our Lord,
April 4, 1928.
respectfully ask your very kind
attention, to this, my complaint, as
long as pool rooms and other dens
of vice are permitted to hold I'M
disputed sway to entice our men
and boys on the downward paths.
They are weak creatures and are
but overgrown babies straying in
forbidden paths right under our
city fathers eyes, and because some
poor mother, sister, wife or daugh-
ter has not the ready cash to fill
the tills of the city's cash register,
have our men and boys got to crack
rock on the streets of Birmingham,
Alabama?
am not positive about the real
source of what department of the
city's funds our Commissioner
Cloe's salary comes out of! But l
do know that the women of Bir-
mingham pay a pro rata share OF
the city's taxes one way or another
through their own eXertions and
that of their men folks.
most respectfully ask your kind
and favorable vote against this in
dignity being placed on our erring
men and their mothers, sisters,
wives and daughters. This is not
despotic crowned head dominion.
I believe Alabama is still in the
United States of America, and I'M
der the Goddess of Liberty's flag.
| have not heard of change OF
flags since General Robert f. Lee
surrendered the Confederate flag to
save his men and not have it said
the south was captured, General
Lee surrendered. l have been ill
and in the Birmingham Baptist hos
pital for repairs and being cut off
from all communication for four
DAYS with the outside world by or
ders of my physician, ! may be be-
hind the music as to what flag BIZ
mineham is under. If our city
changed flags while l was i'll ! do
not know it, but if | am mistaken
will you please notify me in writ
inc. for which / thank you in ad-
MAY H. GONZALEZ
Birmingham, Ala, April 4, 1928.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
For a Practical Lesson

NCeHtreVIIIe Pre6sJ
Every farmer who makes his liv-
ing from the soil should be COM
PEELED to live in the city for thirty
days, and then he will appreciate
his dirt and be willing to build it
up. BY this means he will have
had practical. lesson of what it
gets him during the course of
wear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
Alabama Press
On the Farm
Farm Demonstration Needed

The citizens of Troy and Pike
county must get that farm demon
stration agent; let's meet with the
commissioners and "sell them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

The Russell county Jail is empty for the
first time in several years. An empty jail
is one of the best assets any community can
acquire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
A GIRLS BEST FRIEND

'ci potld' hahsas. 0azette)
Every Monday an Emporia bride
mails her washing to her mother in
Nebraska. The last of every week
the clothes come home washed and
ironed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

We have just read about a young man
whose foot was amputated "by the co-opera-
tive plan" We presume he furnished the
foot and the surgeon the tools.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

Undoubtedly many an employer is slow
about raising salaries lest the help think he
is trying to hand them bride.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
Appreciates Publicity


To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
AS chairman of the advisory COM
mittee for DeMolay, wish to thank
YOU for the very hearty support
given by your paper to the minstrel
staged on the fourth and fifth OF
this month. May l say that this or
ganization is the greatest step for
ward for young manhood of any
thing that has ever been started. !
assure you that when you support
this institution, you support a most
worthy organization.
The institution, as you are no
doubt aware, is carrying on at all
times propaganda to encourage bet
ter citizenship, patriotism, etc.
Again thanking you for the many
courtesies extended the organization
at different times, l am,
w. A. CURRIE. Deputy.
Birmingham Ala, April Z, 1928.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

It's awfully difficult to knock train off
the track with an automobile, even when the
train is taken unawares, yet some drivers are
not discouraged.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
jl%ToReBEBEARER

We have just read about young man
whose foot was amputated "by the co-opera-
tive plan" We presume he furnished the
foot and the surgeon the tools.
Undoubtedly many an employer is slow
about raising salaries lest the help think he
is trying to hand them bride.
It's awfully difficult to knock train off
the track with an automobile, even when the
train is taken unawares, yet some drivers are
not discouraged.
Neck ruffs for men may be seen on the
boulevard of Paris, but we fear they never
will become popular here We already have
too many ruff-necks.
This is an age of discovery. Day by day
startling almost unbelievable, facts are
brought to light. They have even discovered
that there is gambling in Washington.
Lord Robert Cecil's visit fills long felt
want. For number of years our citizens
have been wandering aimlessly without A
single voice to tell them where to get off.
They palpitate for advice. Their children
cry for it, as you might say.
Aha!
GEARy StrEET-So YOU'RE the other
fellow WHO was following thE GIRL IN
TAN? l walked behind you for three
bloc(s, and only quilt befb auce l labo4ed
under the deluSon that you werE together.
Do you suppose she would wa Tx down the
avenue again, soon, and we ID ould see Her
face to face? You ask her, Geary Street,
yau talk bet5er than I do.-Major Benny.
Spring
The ice man resumes his rounds
And pauses at the gate,
And when 1 order fifty pounds,
He hands me thirty-eight. Jason.
Switzerland, we are told, is the headouar-
tiers of the international dope trade. Now
we know why they punch holes in Swiss
cheese
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

Neck rufus for men may be seen on the
boulevard of Paris, but we fear they never
will become popular here. We already have
too many ruff-necks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10
THE AGE H E r AID

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffies as
second-class matter under act Of Congress, March
6, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-10

This is an age of discovery. Day by day
startling, almost unbelievable, facts are
brought to light They have even discovered
that there is gambling in Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-09
DETECTIVES TELL
Of METHODSUSED
BYAUTO THIEVES
No Lock Too Strong for Ex-
pert Thieves, Say City
SIeuthS,

During the first ifty-eight days Of
1928 los automobiles were stolen in
Indianapolis During the same time
100 cars were recovered.
Ninety. per cent Of the automobiles
stolen are taken by Joy riders" who
desert the cars when the gasoline runs
low. Often the cars are badly dam
aged by borrowers" who fail to keep
sufficient oil in the motor or wreck
the car by careless driving.
Ninety-nine per cent of the Joy
riders" are under 20. Many are only
Is or IS years old. Often they are
members OF well-to-do and influential
families who can obtain the services
Of clever attorneys.
The big problem of the detective de
partment is the other 10 per cent
the real automobile thieves. These
men often are members OF gangs Of
bank robbers. burglars, yeggmen and
automobile accessory theft gangs.
The latter type often strips stolen cars
and deserts them on country roads
after taking tires. lights and even mo
tors.
CareIessness of motorists makes
thefts possible Lieut.. Michael Hynes
OF the police automobile squad points
cut. For example leaving the key
in the lock "just for a minute" while
stopping at q store. Some drivers
fooIishIy think removing the distribu-
tor block from the carburetor Will
prevent theft. Hardly a good" auto
mobile thief is arrested but detectives
find distributor blocks in his pockets
There is a master key for Ford ig-
milton and it is not difficult to make
che from any Ford key. Ford owners
often leave the wheeIloclI key and take
the ignition key. thinking this viii
prevent theft. But auto thieves find
this easy.
Even the locked wheel is not thief
proof. The wheels are sometimes re
moved from the car and a regular
steering wheel installed. The type Of
lock that encircles the rim and wheel
IS cut off by expert thieves or the lock
piclzed with little difficulty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-09
my Back Ached
Continually"

Dear Sirs: | suffered with a pressure in
lower part of body. my back ached con
tinually, had frequent calls followed by
burning sensation that almost made life
unbearable ! had feverishness and felt
a. though | would never get relief
began BalmwOrt Tablets and after taking
few | felt a change, the aching, burning
and pressure gradually leaving. Then [
felt so much better and bought the second
box. That was in July and I have not
Euffered since. | am forty three and had
not been able 10 do my homework. Now
| can work with ease. I hope this letter
may reach others, so they can know how
good these tablets are. Yours truly, Mrs.
A. b. Lister, K. T. D. b, Box 81, FIT.
Houston, Texas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-09
SL.EUTHS SEEKING
LONE CAR BANDIT
Takes S35 From Conductor
and Escapes in Dark.

Detectives today were searching for
a masked colored bandit who held up
the crew of Riverside street car No.
AS. at Twenty-Ninth St. Thursday
night, obtaining S35.
Charles Reardon, 1889 ~ Pershing
Ave, motorman, and Paul Benton. 622
Coffey St, conductor, were alone on
the car. which had just left Riverside
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-09
Wilmerding Lady
Says Irritation and Pain
"Sets the Nerves Wild"
First Dose of Balmwort
Brought Great Help.

Dear Sirs: I surely want to say the
Balmwort Tablets are fine. I had irrita-
tiou Of the bladder, my back hurt, and
burning feeling in the bladder that sets
the nerves wild. The first dose helPed
me Ny sister also took them. She had
Inflammation of the bladder with pus.
She cook Them after she had been using
a doctors medicine in vain, and got relief
AZ once. We always intend to keep n box
handy. My sister and I, each, have one
Of your Health and Beauty books and
wOuld like for you TO send one to the
address on the coupon enclosed. Thank
You. Mrs. Andrew Nilsson, 6 Sprague St,
Wilmerding, Pa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-09
VETERAN SALESMAN DEAD
jefferson Pfaff viii Be Buried at
NObleSViIie.

By Times NpccldI
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, March O.
Funeral services for Jefferson Pfaff,
80, of Indianapolis, for forty years
salesman in Indiana, We're
held today Mr.. Pfaff was Civil War
veteran. The children who survive
are Walter Pfaff, indianapolis; Mark
Pfaff, New York, and Mrs. Fred Hines,
NOb1pSyiI1n
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-09

or frequent calls followed by smart
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