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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
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RIRMINCHAM BUlLDs HOMES

One of the surest signs of prosper jtv is building activity. It IS fleid of substantial investment which shows that money has not only been made, but saved for practical purposes. Dur ing the past year building operations in Birmingham have been extensive. Not only are many pretentious apart ment houses in course of construction or recently completed, but home build ing of all kinds is well distributed through every residential part of the city. During the last eighteen months there has been unusual activity Tn the erection of pretentious and moderate cost homes in the eastern section ot the Sodehside The Forest Park dis trict has witnessed the building O. more than a million dollars worth ot houses within the year Most of this is for permanent homes rather than for selling purposes. In the former suburbs marked activity in building IS witnessed, while many business houses and additions and improvements are under construction or projected for the early future.
 All. of this indicates healthy and substantial economic condition. The more homes, as rule, the greater the prosperity and contentment. Phila- delphia is notable example. Birming- ham, long beyond the experimental stage of city building and permanent development, is not discouraged, by high costs of building materials, from pushing ahead in this field of growth, but looks into the future when the pop ulation and sources of enrichment will have reached still greater expansion. It is an evidence of faith in the dis tricts great natural resources and in the grit and courage of it's people to develop those resources on a scale commensurate with their opportuni- ties. There are few fields of activity that contribute so much to the ad vancement of community interests and to the growth of its economic welfare as steady progress in the building cf homes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
SIGNS FOR FACTORIES

The suggestion of the chamber of commerce that manufacturing estab- lishments, along the railroad tracks entering and leaving the city, provide attractive signs for identifying and announcing the character of their city, offers practical possibilities. It is more than an aesthetic idea, much as there is need for improving the ap- pearance and surroundings of many large industrial enterprises. Millions of people pass through Birmingham every year. As a rule the districts through which railroads enter and leave cities are physically unattrac- tive. This has considerable effect upon the travelling public But there is a business aspect which is worth something, Many travellers and tour ists are looking for places for invest ments. Many may be contemplating Birmingham for industrial or residen- tial possibilities. Many may be seek ing market and sales connections. It were well, therefore, that these peo- pie should know when they reach Bir- mingham and learn something of what this city has to offer. The cost of thls Identification would be small and widely distributed; the returns would more than justify that cost, not only directly, but indirectly as contrihr. ton to community welfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
NOT REFLECTING PARTY VIEW

NOT REFLECTING PARTY VIEW
 After all, it may be proved that the order issued by Supreme Court Justice Gardner commanding Judge Heflin t9 vacate his order calling convicts from the Banner mine before the grand jury may be a futile recourse, if, as appears to be the case, Solicitor Davis is to take the grand jury to the mine and have the hearing there.
 It will be very grievously regretted by many people in Alabama that the governor has further placed himself in the position of trying to prevent any uncovering of whatever may exist in the convict situation. His executive zeal should be directly in the opposite direction as the executive of people believing in the orderly processes of judicial review of an acute public issue His hurried appearance before Associate Justice Gardner at the coun- try club at Montgomery will, we think, further serve to embarrass his admin istration.
 Another element reflected in the procedure was the presence, with the governor, of R. B. Evins, chairman of the state Democratic executive con- mittee. It cannot be that the Demo- cratic party of Alabama cares to identify itself with a movement of suppression, nor do we think it will advance the standing of Alabama in national Democratic councils for the chairman of the state committee to participate in such movement. When the party confers great distinction ir naming the chairman of the party or ganization, that distinction imposes in turn an obligation to the party to subordinate personal views and cou- sider the party position and the party interest.
 It is to be hoped that the press dis patches identifying MT. Evins, the chairman of the state committee, as the one accompanying the governor, will not confuse party leaders of other states into the thought that he reflects the party view on this issue or the party policy in Alabama, for such is not the fact. The nations Demo- cratic press is assured that such is not the fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24

men and wounded three others. The order also included a ban against more negroes entering the city, besides for bidding those remaining to hold any meetings or even to assemble any where except at church, while requir- ing negroes visiting the city to regis ter and report regularly to the mayor or chief of police.
 Thus the rights of hundreds are abridged, because through the conduct of single offender public sentiment became so inflamed as to threaten d race war. Chicago, East St. Louis, Springfield and other Northern and Eastern cities all have had their race riots. Gradually the negroes are learning that their treatment in the South cannot be compared to the many outbreaks against them in Northern and Eastern centers where dangers of clashes between the races are threat ened when the negro population be- comes numerous.
 What does 1t profit the Southern ne- gro to go North under promises of fl- nancial and social benefits when he is liable to become the victim of race feel ing and race clashes? Under such cir cumstances few negroes can work steadily or set aside their savings. A good many negroes are learning that Northern politicians have been using them for their own selfish purposes, and feel no interest in the race. In the South individual negroes commit ting unspeakable crimes are some times lynched, but innocent negroes are not victims of hardships because of the misdoings of individuals Fur. ther comments are unnecessary; ex- pe1ience is the best teacher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
ALL SHADES 1 of fOPlNIIQNO
The Lengue Aspect
(Chicago News)


 Italy's anger over the assassina- ton of General Tellini and his fellow Italians, members of the Albanian boundary commission, having led the nation to make de- mands on the Greek government by way of reparation and then to seize the Greek island of Corfu, has forced the ministry at Athens to make nasty reference of the quarrel to the League of Nations This appeal seems destined to de- termine once for all whether the league Is really the powerful agency for preserving peace that its friends believe it'to be. So far as the league Is concerned, the issue seems sufficiently clear Both Italy and Greece are signato- ries of the league covenant, both have participated prominently in the work of it's council, as well as of Its assembly. Both are abso- lutely committed by declaration and practice to the provisions in the league covenant for averting war. Much as the world wishes to know the capacity of the league in preserving peace, every lover of orderly progress hopes the fiery Mussolini will not strike another blow at civilization by forcing the issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
Where Is Peacef
CWashington Post)


 The events of today in the east ern Mediterranean narrated in -modernized terms run in much the same fashion as do histories written before the Christian era. Rome and Greece clashed then; and Corcyra, or Corfu. might have been the target of ancient Rome's fleet then, as 1t was of modern Rome's fleet yesterday. For more than 2,00O years Romans and Gre clans have been neighbors and they are still ready to fly at one another's throats. Where is the progress of peace in Europe? Where Is the desire for amity, which might induce the United States to go in and help the wor- thy cause?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
PEOPLES FORUM

To the Editor of The Herald:
 I recently had occasion to use the application blanks published in your paper by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power com pany for transfer of my gas and electric connections. Instead of having to go down to the offices of the company and fill out appli- cation blanks, I simply clipped the advertisement which the company is running in your columns, gave my old and new address, affixed my signature and mailed it in.
 This Is certainly an improve ment over the old plan and saves a lot of time and inconvenience tC the business man. I have written the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company expressing my appreciation of it's efficiency in this instance because l recog- nize that a public service corpo- ration is human just like the rest of us and Is grateful for a kind word and a pat on the back when it puts in an improvement that manifests a real desire to be of service to it's patrons. This Is a step in the right direction and l hope we may see more like it on the part of public utilities which deal with the public.
 F. F. LEHMAN.
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
Rough on Motorists
(Monroe IournalN

(Monroe JournaD
 Motorists catch it at every turn under the new revenue bill as well as by special legislation. Licenses are increased, heavy gas taxes inn posed and a troublesome registra- tion system provided. If the own ership and operation of motor ve- hicles are to be regarded as the indulgence in luxury, pure and simple, these impositions are per haps legitimate, but as a matter of fact thousands are employed in very useful and necessary service, and in such instances there is no Justification for the imposition of heavier burdens than are placed upon other classes of property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
COurse of n Despot

est. Louis Globe-Democrat)
 Italy was entirely justified in calling upon Greece for & dis avowal and apology for the of fense, she was entirely Justified in demanding the punishment of the perpetrators of the outrage and the payment of reasonable reparations. She was wholly un- justified in the offensiveness and magnitude of her demands. which are such as no government could comply with without dishonoring itself, and utterly unjustified in proceeding at once to acts of war and the slaughter of innocent Greeks. Mussolini's course Is that of a medieval despot rather than that of a modern ruler of an en- frightened people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN
Mother of William Cullen Bryant


 Sarah Smell was typical New England woman. She was tall and thin. She stood very straight. She kept her health and her looks so well that she never was any thing in the world that she hated with all her heart, it was wrong and injustice. If there was any thing that she liked, 1t was to see things put in their places and kept in their places. She was as meth J. dical as she was practical. She ar ranged everything just so, and she put everything where it would be most useful. She absolutely de- spised waste and extravaganza All her life. whether she had little kept little diary in which she wrote down all the events of her life. Without having any school to which she could go-for she was a frontier woman and had been brought up in the far-off Cummington hills of western Mas sachusetts-she taught herself and made herself the equal of a col lege graduate.
 When she became Mrs. pr. Peter Bryant she had to go on being thrifty and active, even if she were the wife of the village doctor who had a prosperous practice. She made tallow candles; made rag carpets; spun; wove; cut cloth; made clothes, and found time to learn all the news of Cummington and of the nation.
 That nation. the United States. was very young then, for this was right after the revolution. She taught her little son, William Gull len Bryant, his letters when he was less than two years old She sent him to school when he was only four! That New England mother had much to do with the making of the character of the first really great American poet. Blessed be her name!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
EXEMPTION AND TAXATION

Recent statements by the secretary of the treasury in favor of reduction C9 the suratax rates encouraged some who oppose the proposed constitutional amendment putting an end to exemp- tions from taxation for government, state, county and municipal securities. Abolition of exemptions is regarded as wise and practical, and especially in view of the profligacy of these po- litical divisions in expenditures
 There is a strong demand for reduc- tion in the surtax rates and, in fact, in federal taxes generally. But sub stitution of this for the plan to stoo exemptions is neither practical nor sound, nor did MT. Mellon so intend it. Instead of such substitution the wiser policy would be withdrawal of exemptions as supplementary agency justifying further tax reduction. Through removal of exemptions far more capital would be invested in ln~ dustrial enterprise which, with in- creased production and enrichment, would so increase the tax revenues for the government as to justify further decreases in the tax rate.
 Some figures are interesting show ing the extravagances of state and city governments under an orgy in flotations of tax-exempt securities. The aggregate revenues of state gov ernments increased from $368, 8,000,000 in .,1913 to $959,OOO,0OO in 1921, an advance of 161 per cent. State in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
The Outside Power

Memphis Commercial AppeaD
 How much better would it be if not only the United States and Great Britain, but all the mem bers of the league should tell the aggressor in the present trouble that she could expect neither money, munitions, food nor any thing else from any nation of the world. This the league has the power to do under the provision for strict economic boycott. Neither Italy nor Greece could make war effectively against each other without some outside assist ance and assuredly they could not war against the league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
WHAT EXPERIENCE TEACHES

Now there comes the news that be- tween thousand and fifteen hundred negroes left South Bend, Indiana, the other day because they were afraid to remain. Soon after this incident, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, officially or dered all negroes who went to that city in the last seven years to leave. This was done by the mayor who feared race riots after a negro went on the rampage, killed three police
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
Carrying Oyer WeexiIa
(Dothan Eagle)

: NI0VtIIefII IId SItJ
 Every farmer has realized. If he has learned anything. that he car ried over the supply of weevils that destroy his crop. They don't come over from the neighbors' field, in all probability, but they are the ones he raised and fur nished a hiding place for, by leav- ing vegetation on the ground, and old out houses and hedges where they can hide. A good investment is to buy big blow that will turn under the cotton stalks and corn stalks, and put 1t to work just as soon as the cotton is off. If there isn't much cotton in the field 1t will pay to start now to insure a crop for another year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
Cnse for the LeaEue

Cleveland Plain Dealer)
 Were the French and British less bitterly antagonistic such course would not be difficult, for public sentiment in both countries is strongly anti-Italian in the pres- ent crisis. There is @ feeling in France and Great Britain as in the United States that Mussolini is forcing war for political purposes and in blithe disregard of possible disastrous consequences. No one questions that the murders on the Albanian frontier constitute serious grievance against Greece, but there is general conviction that it Is a case which should be handled by the League of Nations and which would be handled by the league were 1t not for the Italian leaders preference for fighting. In spite of this senti- ment, however, the British and French governments are very un- likely to act. They are more in- terested in the Ruhr than they are in Athens and Corfu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
soUTH's BEST REPRESENTA- .
 TIVE
Nashville Banner)


 MT. Underwood Is Southerner, through and through, though not sectionalist in any narrow sense. His grandfather, John R. Under wood, held nearly every political position within the gift of the peo- pie of Kentucky, including the senatorship from that state. The times seem propitious for a man or the type of Oscar Underwood. By the acid test of two wars, the South has proved a loyalty to the Union no less sincere than that of any other section. There is no longer Mason and Dixon's line in our patriotism. The asperities of a generation ago, the prejudices, even the suspicious, have melted away and all sections under the sun of a broad sense of patriotism are welded into a national unity that is unquestioned. MT. Under wood is today the best representa- tive that the South has in public life. He is student and a prac- tlcai man. lie IS thoroughly fa- miliar with the routine of govern ment. He knows all of It's ins and outs. As broad as the nation, he comes clean in every detail of his statesmanship. A clean life. am bition to do the right by all, and capacity that fits him for any un- dertaking have lifted him high out of the ordinary and made him available for the high distinction his admirers are asking for him. He may not be nominated. He may not be elected if nominated. But as long as his party pins its faith to men of his type and as long as it produces them and ad- vances them to leadership. it will continue to be strong and main tain tha reenAnt nf votA~A -l... :.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
JOHN-A-DREAMS
Dreams of the PainfuI Handshnke

D"hS VA tHc Adlntui AauuShnke
 Have you ever dreamed that someone grasped your hand and shaking it squeezed it so hard that it pained. This is a dream which tells you that In the very near future you will make an ac .. quaintaqce to whom you will be lrresistibly attracted to and that unless you take the warning con ta1ned in the vision you will re- gret the day you met this man. The danger of such an experience lies, of course, in the fact that Just as soon as an average woman meets man in whom she finds many things to like, confidence and trust enter her heart and she is likely to throw aside the caution which would characterize her conduct towards one who would leave her more indifferent. But If the making of such an acquaint- >ance has been preceded by the dream of the painful handshake. you will have had a warning that must not be ignored and that, un- less you are utterly foolish and inclined to disregard the advice of your best friends, will protect you from harm and save you from yourself. I am not at all certain that these dreams refer to love affairs only. They may be appli- cable to business matters as well and 1t will be wise therefore to study such new acquaintance very carefully and not to be mis- Ted by his distant bearing and courteous manners, because back or these may Turk a scheme which, 1T 1t does not deprive you of the peace of your mind. may result in the loss of your savings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
A Shameless Policy

(AtIanta JournaD
 Evidently Mussolini's desire is not apology for a deplorable inci- dent, not indemnity for the dead, but glory for himself and for a type of so-called statesmanship that has brought mankind century upon century of woe. His present policy Is as shameless if not as perilous as Prussianism at its worst. He is not seeking justice, he Is seeking national robbery, or a war that will give a pretext to that end. He first insults a weak neighbor, and then without leav- ing a moments interim for at tempts at peaceful settlement, proceeds to lay hold of his neigh bors goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
shouId Seek Her Size

Washington Star)
 Probably to no other govern ment than that of Greece, or pos- sibly Jugoslavia, would Italy have acted as 1t has done in this case. responsibility, the fact that ths It would never have moved to seize Corsica if a crime had been committed by Frenchmen against Italian officers. Apart from the specific wrong of acting in war making manner before chance has been given to determine the victim of the unwarranted aggres- sion Is a government that is in no position to act in defense, owing to recent reverses and disasters in Asia, makes this a fragrant of- fense against international law and order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
SMILES
Bright Idea

(Richmond Times -Dispatch)
 q got this daylight savin' dis pute all settled, l have" said Bun kun, the head bookkeeper.
 You have?" yawned the third assistant cashier.
 Yeah; my idea, it's this: Let's get the boss to have standard time in the morning and the daylight saving after lunch, huh?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
BERNHARDT's INSURANCE
(Insurance Pressl

NITIs UT dIICt ITGSSJ T-1
 sarah Bernhardt left no estate, although she enjoyed a large in come for many years. Her most cherished possessions were sold in order to meet her debts. They were practically sacrificed, and any sentimental value they had was not considered. Many years ago Bernhardt took out $100, 900 life insurance policy in the Union Central Life. The policy was all lowed to .elapse few years after ward. Had 1t been held in force the story of her last years of life would have been different-and that of her children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
In the Pen

(Boston Transcript What is the name of that hand some prisoner?" asked the impress sionable young woman.
 ''No. 2206, Miss" replied the guard.
 How funny! But, of course, that is not his real name. "Oh, no, Miss! that's just his pen name"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
To Keep Syirts Clear

The charges against MT. Kellar. chief highway engineer. were not sustained by the board, but he, as well as a number of his subordi- mates, have been placed in an awkward position, when they were allowed to bid on work of that department. It Is we'll that this matter has been brought to the attention of the public. and keep the skirts of this department from becoming tarnished with oorscs- ton. It handles more money than any other department, and they should be especially careful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
He Got Work Started

VT UIT Tt9 ' IIIV T I4II0sJ
 Say what you please about him, you've got to give Henry Ford credit for getting work started at Muscle Shoals-the erection Of Wilson dam, the point where the government was about ready to malSeRa cruel. murderous scrap of it all until Henry appeared on the scene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
Herein Hangs the Tale


 Ex-Governor Kilby makes ring ing reply to the message of the governor, and assumes no respon- sibility for the alleged deficit in the treasury. Kilby says that If his business-like and successful tax machinery had not been scrapped there would have been no trouble. And therein hangs the tale of woe, that now confron1s the present regime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-24
Italy Wrong

INaShVIIIe BannerJ
 Italy would not have chirped an angry note were Greece a nation strong enough to defend herself. This, the world knows, and If the other powers of Europe do not lay down the law to MT. Mussolini and to all Italy. 1t will be a fault for which they will atone dearl. Italy Is wrong and the wrong Is of a magnitude that makes 1t q rir,A