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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
WARE THE FAKIR!

Preying upon ignorance, supersti- ton or prejudice-how frequently the three are as close as peas in a pod-by shrewd rascals naturally finds con- demnation in the eyes of all self-re- specting people. It is one of the un- pardonable offcnses in the public mind. Perhaps nobody will feel the slightest sympathy for the fakir who swindled an ignorant negro woman in Birmingham out of $100 by represent ing that, through hocus-pocus pro- cess of his own discovery, he could show her where $17,000 was buried near by. That he languishes in prison will meet with public approval. It is understood he had no license. The city commission grants few licenses, and even thosa Under somewhat rigid conditions, to people in the clairvoy- ant business. It is understood that only two or three such licenses have been granted by the present adminis- tration. Fortune -tellers are taboo, as they are classified under the false
 
 pretense inhibition.
 This is a distinction in the fortune telling field. Young people who wish ~4a.. be amused by listening to yarns about their prospects to wed princess or heiresses, flashing young men with hero records, irresistible young women with eyes like stars, voices like spring zephyrs, and all that sort of thing, go with eyes open to enjoy them Selves at the price of dollar seance. Young people as a rule, and especially when "out for lark" so to speak, are constructed on quite different plans and specifications, spiritually as well as figuratively, from the blunt old gentleman who never would visit fortune-tellers at dollar a throw because, as he said, he could get lies told him cheaper than that. The practice of profiting on ignorance is very different thing. That is false pretense, swindling, deceit, all rolled together, wholly reprehensible in ef-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
YOUR OWN VOICE
nv Rey, H, C. Offermnn

Be discriminating in listening to others. and be sure to develop your own judgment.
 "Oh, ye of little faith. why are ye so fearful?"
 Many said What good can come out of Nazareth?"
 But the Son of God kept right on
 If you would be successful, try and give something of yourself to the world. and. make the world a truster in you.
 The present day belongs to the living, the active, those who are willing to be heroes today.
 It is not for those who echo only what they hear. It Is for those who have a voice of their own, and, using it to carry a good mes sage. thereby carrying the mes- sage of God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

feet as well as in purpose. Rascals who employ such means to rob the crehlous or superstitious deserve even severer punishment, as a rule, than they get. The public authorities are properly careful not to grant h- censes to the whole layout of jugglers and fakirs, thus protecting the igno- rant and gullible who are liable to be fleeced as result of their ere dulitY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
MOBILE SERVES ENTIRE STATE


 Within week O. one another three ships carried eleven thousand tons of Birmingham iron and steel products to Pacific coast via Warricr river, Pert of Mobile and the Panama can l. During the same period one of Ala bama's own steel leviathans, made If Alabama steel in an Alabama. ship building yard, started he voyage of halfway around the worlI for Japan csc ports with 10000 tons of Ensley, Fairfield and Bessemer steel products. Also the Aluminium steamships line began a regular movement of Ala bama coal to the Windward Islands, and several ships carried products of Alabama wire mills to Cuba and Porto Rico. Simultaneously cargoes of Alabama coal and steel products went to Houston and Galveston in ocean going barges.
 In such ways as these the Warrior river and the Port of Mobile are serv- ing the shippers of Birmingham and Alabama even in the ports incom- pleted state and the Warriors handi- cap of unfairness in division of rates on joint hauls. On the ship carrying steel products to Japan there was large consignment of resin. On ships to the Pacific coast and Cuba were many products of Alabama farm and forests. The Port of Mobile is no more beneficial to the metal indus tries than to the agricultural, and, in fact, moves far greater quantity of farm products, such as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
PROLONCINC GOOD TIMES

1t has been as quiet Tn the b1r- mingham and other markets Tn the past two weeks as though pig iron had ceased to be used. Sales have been confined to small lots for fill ing-in purposes. Neither melter nor maker has tried to inject ginger into the market. Ginger is not wanted. The maker and the consumer of Southern iron alike are cared for dur ing remainder of the first half of the year and we'll into the third quar- ter Production is at a high point made from furnace to melter. The latter is melting the iron as 1t ar rives and moving the finished product to the ultimate consumer. The last named has the money with which to meet drafts and is paying bills. There is no red ink on balances, because trade is stable and sound in every nook and corner.
 Y The transportation agencies are at- fording really excellent service; i; far better than was forecasted sev- eral months ago when the status of rolling-stock suggested quite the con- and repaired cars and engines have trary. New cars and locomotives met the problem of transportation and solved it. Labor has been efficient. There has been no labor trouble worth mentioning. Labor's legitimate demands for share of the prosperity have been at least partially met with out the asking. The agitator has well nigh passed from the face of .tmeri can business life and AmeriaeB indns try. The splendid corditazs hoe to sobriety and to the sa. oz last-ae among men.
 Of the a, ssl taoa tue i-os- Age, lie- zuss e,ty. ss9ss 3sere is sing tdaaea af moderation i a4ees .f .a3 stee1 and n the 5ua, s bayats Pressure on the mills met 8, a there less c4 ring o5 e.aaszsIss e early de- H;srv ai eld less ort to place c4tracts coverins third quarter months This means hat the steel trade is resc, wing itself into the same c.nser- i've position as the iron tra1C. There also the wisdom of spreading out the period of prosper it., is visualized. Business in Amer ica is moving along safe and sound trends. It is observing the lesson of 1920. It is following the line sug gested by the department of state as the wise one, the department saying; With the newly established peaks in production, sales and consumption of goods, the future course of business conditions is determined largely by the adherence to the lessons learned iras1920." It may also be said that business men perhaps more than ever appreciate the interlocking connec- tions between production and con sumption and the interdependence of maker and consumer. That is the keynote to the spirit of conservatism now existing in business and tending to an indefinite prolongation of good times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
ONE TRICK A DAY
Lighting n Safety Match Without


 The general belief is that a safety match cannot be lighted ex- cept by striking it on the sand paper of the box. It can, how ever. be ignited by scratching it swiftly against glass, but more matches are broken in attempting this than are lit. Here is a method by the use of which safety matches may be ignited on the sole of your shoe. Incidentally, any other person but you will be unable to use his or her shoe for the same purpose.
 The side of a match box is pre- viously rubbed against the sole of the shoe at the instep. and by this method some of the gritty sub stance is transferred from the box to the sole. The match can be struck on this place without any trouble. As the instep does not touch the ground the application will not wear off for some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

cotton, than it does of iron and steel products. The entire state is reap ing the benefit of the continuously expanding business with other peoples that is being done through Mobile, which has often and rightly been termed Alabama's gateway to the trade of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
|10R}S!BApbEAp{R

They used to call it tripping the light fantastic" In these days of endurance dancing it is dragging the heavy fantastic"
 One of Birmingham's latest indus trial additions is pepper-sauce fac tory. This town is getting "hot on the job"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
"PROTECTn

The word protect has it's origin in the. infancy of the human race, when the process indicated by the term was accomplished physically ey furnishing a man or woman with a cover from heat. or cold. or enemies. M
 The second part of the word, "tect." is derived from the Latin tego" (to cover) and the prefix "prae" (before) completed the word.
 Thus a man who protected" an- other man furnished him with a cover. a shade or a roof of some kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
A Word of Warning

NCPtIIhd DdIIy N6WSJ
 Don't forget this-the farm.r who casts diversified farming to the wind this year, loads up on guano and plants his best lands in cotton and devotes his best en- ergies in the effort to grow a biz crop on a large acreage. will not be anxious to meet his creditors next fall. Just as sure as the sea- sons go and come there is trouble, yea, lots of trouble, ahead of him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Now As Neycr Before

(C1antOn Un1On-Banner)
 There are reports coming in from nearly every county in the state to the effect that n,oonshin- CTS and bootleggers are getting some plain instruction as to tho meaning of the Vol.taai net. it seems that our sheiiffs nd law enforcement officers are doing their duty now as never before. We say that 1t Is high time soms. thing drastic is done in this con. nection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
SMILES
To Those Who Wait
(Judgel

Two little boys were playing one spring day when Johnnie said to Willie: Let's play that you are a pig and l am a bull. and you get down and wallow in the mud and will sit upon the fence and below
 Willie thought that would be a good game, so he widowed about in the mud for a while, then thinking he would like a change he said: Now you be the pig and wallow in the mud and l will sit upon the fence and below"
 "Oh, mo-" said Johnnie, you will have time enough to below when your mother sees your clothes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Weapon for Big Fish,
(Anniston Star)

71I T VAHHlStOH Stdr1
 Birmingham and Jefferson coun- ty will get their tuberculosis sani- tarium. because many of the best people of Birmingham and Jeffer- son county are squarely back of the movement to secure one, real izing that it is of the utmost im- portance- that, a. great city and a great county should have a place where tuberculosis can be given the treatment and the care they need to fight off the ravages of the disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Her Indignation

Clos Angeles Times)
 A young woman of heroic build met a man who had known her father and mother. AS he gazed at this plump Juno the light of memory came into his eyes. Let me see," he unused, which side of the house do you resemble most?"
 Sir" she cried In accents far from mild, T don't resemble the side of any house"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
New Pull All Around

A new day, a new Huntsville, new enthusiasm, new and quick ened pulse for general community development all come from the fact that we have a chamber of commerce that is actually func- tioning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Those Extra Charges

The charge for Pullman service seems rather high to public which remembers the rates of tho pre-war period. Added to the cid rate for Pullman berth is 20 per cent advance granted the Pull man company and the 50 per cent surcharge which, if President Ca. rey Is correctly quoted, zoos 10 the railroads. The public should he perfectly willing to pay . fair price for the Pnllnan service 1t receives. but 1t would like to De sure the present rates are not ex- cessive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

The effort to get rid of profiteers would be more successful if so many members of the tribe did not indi- rectly acquire unreasonable profits by keeping step with the procession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
OBSERVATIONS

An expert on musnc says the old songs never die. True. their melo- dies live In the new ones
 Too bad Jack Dempsey has gone into the coal business. Heretofore he's been 2 popular fellow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Seldom See It Now (Dothan Eegle)

Che Opelika News wants to feel young again, and believes that box of Mason's shoe 5lackinE would do the trick. Yes, but that will get you no more than the old practice of keeping your in- cividual shaying cup. You see that no more,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Only One Way Left

 The only way the ex-kaiser could get into immediate notice was. 1t seems. by the story that his latest wife had deserted him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

Advancing wages of ten per cent. to it's employees, the Singer Company rendered an acceptable number on the program to which the entire audience gave appreciative attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Now. Watch Elm Grow (Troy MessenKer)

Pike county was one of the first of tho smaller counties to have graded roads, back when road building was in its infancy; now then we will have the distinction of having the first paved road. Watch us grow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
THE ALABAMA PRESS
"Cet Your T1ckets',

(TaI1adega Daily Home)
 Since nature came to our rescue by, warm winter. the coal men are now saying get your tickets for the concert" Coal will be higher, and better lay In now for a cold winter next time!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Pertinent Question

(New York Evening World) A Be Kind to Animals Week"
 is the newest thing on Lne calen- dar. Wonder if it is intended to, include husbands?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
What They Should Know

(Dallas News) 7 What every old gentleman should know: That the juveniles know more than he does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
s0sYg uEEsrl-yONs

Politics A game of chance. ststecra att--Muddling through. Wisdom 4 serpentiue attribute. ealth Contributors from oS h erx
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
THE PARAGRAPHERS
Why Not More Discretions

(BOstOn transcript
 We want to ask the seismo- graph people at Washington one thing-with the c. o. F. in des- perate need of a shaking up, why waste so many earthquakes on the south Pacific ocean?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Mathematical Exactness

(DetrOft NeWs) ematically speaking, one vote is worth slightly more than 100 cheers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

Contemplating rumors Of a split between Lenine and Trotzky, the question naturally arises, which got the most?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
A Fitting stecOEnitiOn
 (Roanokc I,eaderi

A woman. Miss Lula Bradford, was elected pfesident of the Ala bama Educational Association at it's recent meeting in Birmingham. A large majority of our teachers are women. and this recognition would seem to be very fitting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

What the average consumer would rather enjoy about this time Is the picture of big fat sugar magnate behind a set of strong bars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

Why should there be any surprise that "swell" society is often puffed up?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Changing Around

tChlcaSo Dally NeWSJ
 As Soon as all the farmers have moved into town lot of white collar men will move back to the country. The screech of the car wheel on the curve eventually ceases to allure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

into the headlines repeatedly, which seems to be regarded in that town as of more importance than apprehend- ing criminal fugitives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

Every now and then you run across a man who is too proud to beg, but not too honest to steal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

Would it be proper to refer to the Philadelphia man with a record of 2109 pins in nine games as Thigh roller?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

The public is advised that Mrs. Phillips didn't go to Central America, after all. But Los Angeles wriggled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

The cream of society often arises to the top of high living, then sours on the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
A Wise Buyer, Too

Henry Ford is a liberal buyer, but it is not recorded that he ever purchases gold bricks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Playing the Game

(Savannah News)
 A gentleman, crossing a rustic bridge one day, observed a Simple Simon carefully playing his rod and line into a bed of roses.
 "Ah," said the gentleman, as he slipped a sixpence into the simple ones hand. And how many do you intend to catch?"
 Well" was the reply, you're the fifteenth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

The only debts some people ever pay are compliments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Aust the Same

(Richmond Times -Dispatch)
 Our favorite gag for the season, dug up from the files:
 Say, Jones, how much did that fish weigh you caught last Tues day?"
 How much'd I tell yuh it weighed when I told yuh last Tuesday? It ain't shrunk none, Bill; it ain't shrunk none."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

One should never repeat slam der. It's just as easy to find a disagreeable truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
THE AGE-HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham Ala. ostotfice as second-class matter under act or CohSress' March 6, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

It seems har9 to believe that any prohibition officers are not doing their duty. Why, there isn't more than half as much likker now as there was B. P.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Vice and Window Cleaning

Dear Torch Bearer: The man who lives in the flat across the court is all bandaged up. His wife washed the windows yesterday and he stuck his head through one, thinking it was open.-M. M. T.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

In addition to the soulful thrills de- rived therefrom, these nonstop shin digs have a scientific value. They have demonstrated that a human be- ing can endure forty eight hours of continuous jazz and still live.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

"Dance Through Two States for Forty-eight Hours" To say nothing of the state of coma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

A family of six can live on $110 a month, according to the uplifters, but it would be necessary to discharge the second chauffeur and dispose of the cottage at Palm Beach.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
WOULD BREAK
SQUEEZE PLAY

WASHINGTON. Feb. ga con.
crete plan for freeing American ia.
dusiry from the "naueezr' of for
eiEn combinations controlling the
worlds supply 81 certain raw ma
icriais b. being shaped hY the Hard
ms administration. Il was learned
here today
The plan comprises
Investigation by tho depart.
meni Of commerce Of the possibility
Of opening new producing areas Of
monopollzrd commodities 20 Do de.
ycloped by American capital.
Federal charterins Of American
corporations 10 engage IN developing
such new areas.
Protection ~ American projects
with aggressive backing of the gov.
eminent thru diplomatic and con.
sulnr channels
The commodities for which the
United States IN now almost c1elu.
slyely dependent on imporiations are
rubber from the British Fast Indies:
nitrHtcs from chile. Jute from India.
siHal from Mexico. Iodine from Chile.
quinine from Peru. potash from Ger.
many. copm from Oceanic. cork
from Spain; camphor from Japan.
and tin from Bolivia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
ARMOUR GAINS
GOOD BALANCE

CHICAGO. Fob. %. Armour a
Co. 10 in excellent financial condl
ton. With current assets two and
ono-ihird times current liabilities, =
y. Edison White. president OF tho
Giant packing company. declared TO
day In statement 20 the United
FreaH.
The statement was given In con
neciion with a balance sheet show
Ing me condition OF the company
December 81. 1899.
The balance sheet. white saId. wns
given out because public account
ants going over the books have not
yet completed their audit and the
company has been IN tho habit oi
making public the condition Of az
fairs NJ this time. The consolidated
statement covered Armour 4 Co. and
MI of IT. subsidiaries, including Ar
mour a Co OF Delaware.
War financing has been replaced
by a more prominent but less ex
prnsive financing" White declared
Notes payable. which amounted
10 approximately $4,000. 900 AT this
close Of the fiscal year OF 1891. now
stand at iso.ooo.c00. and most sub
s'hntlal saving Ia Interest charges 1,
represented thereby With all war,
tins loascs finally figured in and
accounts adjusted accordingly. the
business II now able TO proceed on
the hasis OF is most recent balance
sheet.
This means that a continuance
Of business such as we hrc now en-
joylng will result In reasonable prof
It's"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
WOULD BREAK
OIL SWINDLES
Drastic Blue Sky Law Pro-
posed in Texas
by LION ~. sILER

FORT WORTH. Tex. Feb, g.
breaking up or huge Texas oil pro.
motion swindlea. by which people an
over the country have been De.
frauded OF hundreds OF millions Of
dollars In the last three years. now
seems probable.
Pending Ia the Texas legislature
II one Of the most drastic blue aky
laws ever proposed. II has been
fayorably reported by a committee
OF tho lower house.
The bill would prohibit ne opera.
ton In Texas Of Ho-cailed common
law trusta.@ on promoters of this
state style themselves as trustees"
of their companies. and sell stock
under declarations af trust" which
deprive the stakeholder OF every
veHtige of iesai protection OF his
money.
IL would require the truth Of all
hiock.aelling advertising 20 be sworn
to. and would pennllze newspapers
which carry advertising Of frauduy
lent securities other provisions
would give 10 the state sweeping au.
ihori'y over all promotlonal enter.
prisca.
Activities OF corps Of postal IN.
speetora here win result. II IL be.
lieyed, IN federal indictments against
many OF the riuglcadcrs In the oil
promotion game here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
Income Tax Facts
Limitations.
| Personal Loan.
| obligations.
| Mortgages.

Within certain limitations tnteres,
and taxes paid during the taxable
year may be dedBefed from gross
income. Such Items include Interest
upon personal loan and taxes on a
dwelling. as well as interest on busl.
ness debts and taxes upon business
property. The federal income tax.
however. may not be deducted. nor
may there be included any special
assessments for local benefits tend.
ing to ftnprove the value OF the
property. such as paving or drainage
assessments. since they are. in fact.
The cost OF a permanent improve
nnent
Obligations OF the United States
issued prior to September 2. 1917. are
wholly exempt from the federal In.
come tax. Hence interest, paid or
accrued on indebtedness Incurred.
Or continued to purchase or carry
such obligations. Is not an allowable
deduction from gross income.
Personal indebtedness includes not
only money borrowed to defray per.
sonal xpenses-clothing. food. etc.
but also money borrowed for the
purchase OF real estate. IL a person
owes money secured by a lien or
mortgage on his home. the amount
OF Interest paid on such indebtedness
may be deducted. Moreover, inter.
est paid by the taxpayer on a mort
gage upon real estate OF which he Is
TIE legal or equitable owner. even
tho the taxpayer IS not directly liza.
bic upon the bond or note secured
BY such mortgage. may be deducted
as interest on his Indebtedness.