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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
THE RAILWAY QUESTION

President H. E. Byram of the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail- road says that there are only two sides to the railroad question-private ownership on business basis, or gov ernment operation and control. Every body will perhaps agree with that dic- tum, with certain reservations as to protection of the public from rail- road aggression in the case of private businesses. It is believed that in some respects government intervention has gone too far, or else followed the wrong lines. As for the alternative of government ownership and opera tion of the railroads, although there are those who advocate 1t, the public in general is not at present inclined to consider it as feasible proposi- ton.
 Private ownership and operation ap- pear to be giving results. The goods are being hauled more efficiently every year, partly because of the
 
 railroads, partly because of supple mentary haulage by truck and water way, and partly because of certain federal regulations with respect te short hauls to seaboard, this last not yet being fully operative, but already having its influence indirectly through revised rate schedules and otherwise, But private operation of the roads must be amenable to such gevern- ment control as will protect the pub lie interest in those inevitable clashes between the public and the private interest, Such control will guard likewise the continuity and perma- hence of railway service, fer without that the public interest would suffer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
LAW AND ORDER LEAGUES

| Addressing a mass meeting of citi-
 zens of Phenix and Girard on re-
 spect for observance of law, Judge
 Thomas D. Sanford of Montgomery
 presented some truths that are well
 worth the serious consideration of
 every self-respecting Alabamian. The speaker expressed the view that there should be law and order league in every city and town in the country, more for the purpose of intoxicating respect for and obedience to law than for law enforcement. This suggests that just so far as people realize the aims and intents of the law and ap- preciate its value in the protection of life and property will there be less need for law enforcement machinery with it's attendant burdens in cost and otherwise.
 Here is paragraph from Judge Samford's address which calls for thought by organizations and indi- viduals concerned for better civic conditions and higher governmental planes: If I should be asked today what is the greatest menace to this government I would not answer the armies of Europe nor the iron navies of any nation. l would not answer the principles of bolshevism, which are being propagated insiduously in every quarter of the globe. I would not answer the Isle of Tap, from which but recently arose threaten ing cloud in the Pacific. I would not say the persistent disturbances in the Near East. I would answer a uni versal disregard of constituted au- thority and disobedience of law"
 Humiliating though it be to have to subscribe to such view, it must be admitted as the truth. Such a con- dition strikes at the foundation of civilization and progress. Where there is little respect for constituted authority and the law, there is scant hope of prospect for advancement in worthy achievement. It matters not whether law be convenient, accept able or in conformity with individual views or interests. Every law, how ever wise or constructive, meets with the disapproval of some groups, fac tions or individuals. The point is the danger of contagion in lawless- ness arising from defiance or non- observance of any particular law Violation or evasion of one law breeds lawlessness. The condition becomes progressive until an intolerable sit uation develops, and sooner or later mob violence, riot and ruin prevail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
JEWISH LAUGHS By Jacob Richnu
Invitation From the Grave

The bereft woman had spent a full hour on her late husband 8 tomb, weeping profusely and asking him to perform a thous- and and one things. Now that she was returning home. she re- membered that she failed to re- quest him to intercede in her be- half before the Almighty and see that she gets means wherewith to celebrate properly the coming holidays.
 As 1t is improper. according to Jewish tradition. to visit tho same grave twice on the same day, she requested the sexton to carry her petition to her departed spouse.
 Der Ber." she said. "go to my husbands tomb and ask him to see that am well provided for the holidays. Here Is a dollar for your trouble. Please go right away. I'll wait for you here."
 The officious "shamash" has tened to convey the message
 "Noo?" queried tho poor widow as her ambassador returned.
 Nothing to worry about" in formed tho agent reassuringly. "Everything will be all right Yous husband said that he'd in vtte you to him for the holidays"
 A Houseful of TransEIeSseKs
 Tho German Jews who eonstt- tuts the reformed element of Jewry are not as devout as their Russian brethren.
 While tho orthodox Jew visits the synagogue three times a day his reformed brother vixtts the temple only on Saturdays and holidays.
 Thero is a story of @ German "Yahudt" of religious scruples who fell into bad company and. just to be sociable. ate pork,
 Soon after he felt deep remerse and went to an orthodox rabbi to have a fitting penacs suggested.
 The holy man prescribed to the penitsnt soul a daily visit to the synagogue. where he was to say all the prayers in full,
 As the reformed temples are closed during the week. he nat urally repaired to an orthodox ''shull." The synagogue. las us ual. was crowded when the Ger man Jew made hts first visit.
 My Godm exclaimed the be- wildered seeker of penance in an audible voice as he opened the door of the house of worship> "Mv God, is 1t possible that so many Jews have eateR pork?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
PROTESTS ALREADY COMING IN

Already is the president hearing from his St. Louis speech in which while contending for participation by the United States in the world court he made suggestions of material changes apparently with conciliatory purposes, but declared that ''the League of Nations is as dead as slave ry." Already he is reminded by the League of Non-Partisan Associa- tion, in whose membership are in- cluded some thoughtful and patriotic men, of his statement on October 2, 1920, that the League of Nations was "already scrapped," and not worth paying any attention to. As the as- sociation says, however, "the logic of events has led our government step by step to take part in the great humanitarian work that the League of Nations is doing, and we are now proposing to go into the permanent court of international justice, which the league alone was able to bring into existence"
 That the president finds himself in a difficult position because of his former stand as respects the necessity of the United States taking more ac- tive part in European affairs becomes more and more apparent. That posi-. ton represents his recognition of such necessity in the logic of events. To separate the court from the league so far as concerns the principles and purposes of the latter is impossible, because of the close relations between the creator and the creation. Had there been no league, there would not have been an international court. Efforts to introduce changes in the organization and operation of the court to meet the demands of political expediency will not change the situa- ton as respects the close relationship between the league and the court.
 It is fully understood that leading Republicans would like to see harmony restored within their party; but the American people cannot consider either court or league without coming back to the original starting place where the two invariably meet. The thoughtful American people, too, real ize that the league and it's work, or it's outgrowth, the court and its work, are bigger, more vital and more per manent in their influence on human events and activities than any politi- cal party, however united and serious it may be for the advancement of any national interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN
The Mother of RerA Lai CAafsA

HAc MOther or fefo A9 S20xSo
 In the city of Parts. in France. there are twenty-two important cemeteries. One of tAe nust tn= pertant of these is the grea. cemetery ct Pers la Ch&tSe, lsQ acres of beautiful grounds, tM which some of the peapte who were most notable in Harisian life. now lie buried.
 It is common report that the cemetery occupies the land where once, in the days of the great Louis XIV, the most luxury-loy- ing of French monarchs. there was the estate of Pere ds la Chaise-the Jesuit priest who was so closely associated with the life of Louis XIV-the one man the proud monarch for his im- moral life,
 Francois Ga la Chaise came to his high position of responsibility through the influence of his mother, Renee de Rochfort. She was of noble birth, brought pp in luxury. her people were closely connected with some of the vary greatest people in the aristocratic France of that day. Renee" said her mother, one day, this day you must wear your best. Your uncle. the good Pere Cotton, comes to visit us He speaks even to the king, and tells him what he must do, You must bow low before him, for he Is more than an uncle"
 Renee, happy hearted girl that she was, never forgot that first visit from Pere Cotton, the man who could tell the king what he must do. She bowed low before him then, and on many an occa- sion afterwards. and she rever- enced him beyond all telling. Later, when she married the great lord of la Chaise and went to live in castle, she did not forget the impression of her earliest child hood As she held her little son, Francois. close to her breast. she thought what she wished him to become-to become tie man Who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS
Robert C. CloWry
By Frederick Houk Law

The messenger boy is a subject for cartoonists and for all sorts of cheap jokes made by people who fail to realize that messen- ger boys have been sent from one end of the country to the other and on errands of great respon- abilities.
 You'll be president of the com pany some day" you may say to your messenger boy. and think it a joke. If you had said that to Rob" Clowry some years ago you would have seen your joke come true. The messenger boy became president of the Western Union. and all through his own efforts and ability.
 Robert Clowry was farm born boy. and his success helps to prove the belief that some peo- pie hold. that being born on a farm is lik having 8 ticket to success. He did all the odd jobs that a boy can do on q farm and a boy's work on farm is never ended. He breathed good country air and cultivated com mon sense. as well as hens and cows, Then he went up to town to get a job, and found g place as the solitary messenger boy for a telegraph office, Now a boy in a telegraph office simply can not keep his hands off the key of the instruments if he did he would die. for he would be too unnatural to live Rob" Clowry kept fling ertng the keys and ask ing questions, and "fidd1ing" un- til he made himself not only an operator. but a ftrst-class opera tor, As soon as people learned how quick his hand and oars were he was sent to take a position as operator-and now he felt like the king of a great land.
 The young man had won a good position, but he did not stop. In the intervals when he was not busy he did not scrawl pictures nor idle with cigarettes he studied and kept on making him. self more and more expert in every way. All this resulted in sending him to a better office, anu then to pelter oue Sllli' and then to the position of head operator. and of Superintendent. When he was about sfxty-ffve he was the leading man in the Western Union Company and was made president. That, certainly, was Q long step from the hum ble beginning of obscure measen- ger boy in a Western office. The one who does little things we'll is very likely to be given the job of doing great things we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
GOING AFTER BoOTLEGGERs

As a result of more drastic anti liquor law in Missouri, which has just gone into effect, the cost of what is known as "hooch" has advanced ma terially. The law carries a penalty of imprisonment in the state peni- tentiary for not less than two years for the manufacture, sale or trans portation of "moonshine." It ap- pears that the bootleggers have passed on to the consumer the addi- 'tional cost which was put on to cover the greater risk of doing business. Police records in Missouri cities showed a marked increase in the eases of drunkenness of late, which, it is claimed, was due to the quanti- ties of liquor dumped on the market at "cut prices"
 Doubtless the severer penalty pro- vided under the law will act as a de- terrent influence on the bootleggers who became bold and active in that section, while the heavy additional cost will have the effect of reducing the volume of traffic. Thus the com bination will improve the situation, if the law is properly enforced. Mean time bootleggers should be sternly dealt with. Fines apparently have little effect, in that they are charged up to expenses and the additional cost is passed on to the consumer. The bootlegger, like any habitual and \ persistent violator of the law, should go to prison. It :s the only effective way of dealing with such offenders,
 The results of the Missouri law will be watched with interest in many parts of the country where similar unfsvorable conditions In this re- spect exist. It is interesting in this connection to note tho recent stand taken by the president on his "swing- around" He frankly told his hear CTS at Denver that tho federal gov
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
SAVE THE BABIES

The Save a Baby" campaign ot the city welfare department IS wor- thy of the public cooperation, flnan- cial aid and sympathy. The fund will be applied to the purchase of screens. ice and milk for sick babies whose parents are unable to provide these needs. Already a small sum has been raised, sufficient to start the work. A substantial amount will he needed to carry the movement through the heated term, which is all ways trying for babies.
 That such efforts, and other sanitary precautions, when of systematic and permanent charac- ter result in the saving of hun dreds of lpman lives cannot be doubted. Removal of the fly and mosquito breeding places has saved thousands of lives. Destruc- tion of mosquito larvae on the Pan ana zone converted that death-trap into d habitable place. Owing to the measures taken for prevention of CO., Gtis in 1917 and maintained since, cases of colitis have been reduced from 3O6 in 1917 to 57 in 1922 and 34 so far this ye.sr. These are not matters of guess,yTk. They are based on the science wrought by the microscope and the experience of physicians for generations. A little money expended in securing screens, ice and milk for Birmingham babies will save the lives of dozens Of them, maybe hundreds. This is certainly worthy the investment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
EXPLAINING A SURPLUS

Recent statements from the treas ury department that there will be q surplus at the beginning of the new fiscal year is secuted by Democratic leaders, who claim that such a condi- tion is easily explained by credits al- lowed on the books which actually represent large sales of government supplies purchased for war purposes. It is stated that during the year the government sold some $38o, ,o0o, ,oOo wor-t,i of capital assets and applied the amount to reduction of an obvious deficit. In addition some $60, ,o00, ,000 worth of supplies were furnished other departments of the government by the war and navy departments, which, otherwise, tho government would have been required to purchase. It other words, according to claims of the Democrats, tho sale and use oi capital assets have been applied to reduction of deficits. Other changes are made to indicate that tho boassed surplus is a matter of bookkeeping only, and does not exist as an actual, tangible condition.
 Aside from any consideration of politics in tho matter, 1t Ia not easy for the level-headed business man to attach much importance to material treasury surpluses as may be claimed by any political party at the opening of presidential campaign, unless he can feel the effects either in yeauc- ton of direct taxation or in an indi- rect benefit to himself through de- crease in the tarift burdens, The government is not in the meney~mak- ing buslness, If there is a large sur- plus at any time for which there is no pressing governmental need, the people, who donate every cent the government has, naturally expect to benefit under such condition through Tightening of the public burdens,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
Fighting the Weevfa

kO<3FA SoutheTn StarJ
 h Some way the farmers every where, except tp our. county, are putting I'D a fight against tAs weeyiL. A few are doing 1t here, but according to reports the ma jority are simply trusting to luck. No man can truthfully say of the Dale county farmer that he Is a Quitter.. They are always found in the forefront of progress and have prospered thereby. This trait of aggressiteness so we'll de- fined in them makes 1t all the more difficult to understand the apparent apathy being exhibited in the, matter of this menace which Is even now threatening to rob them of the fruits of this years toll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
Every Effort Needed
(Wiregrass Farmer)

(WlreSraSS Farmer)
 Reports reaching us every day that the boil weevils are cutting the, squares from the cotton as fast as they form. They seem to be more numerous this year than at any time since 1916> One ad- vantase the farmers have in this section.ts that the. weed Is small and with plenty of hot sunshine, rapid cultivation and keeping the squares picked up we have a chance to make a normal crop. Everyone should make every ef- fort to keep this pest down, be- cause If you don't they will not only eat up your own cotton. but will also destroy your. neighbours cotton. You owe it to yourself and to your neighbor. and commu- nity to- do this. With concerted action they can be kept down, and cotton can be made. Lets ksep them down!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26

It Is apparent that some of those are in flight from time to time have determined not to lose their heads in their efforts to win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26

could tell the king what he must do. So, in his Youngest days. Francois de la 'Chaise gained from his mother. the impression that had been SO deep in her heart. She had an ambition Tor him. and she directed him toward fulfilling 1t. not by entreaty and argument. but by loving hope and constant talk. She guided his education toward the priest hood. and fired him more and more with the hope that she had. Out ot that mothers ambition came a great day for France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26

Shelby. Montana, woke up ta find itseif famous. 1t is wonderful what pTiAe fight can do fer town hithesse unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
HAtrAottr and Rivhteous

VI IUTVtfC4 ILHfe1V
 The proposal of the power com. pany to spend more than six hun dred thousand dollars In building transmission lines to connect with the properties to which they had no titfe,. and were using by vir- tue of lease that might be voided on thirty days qotive.. vas ridicu- loas as business proposition. That their. real purpose was to gain another. point in their effort to defeat the development of this section by Henry Ford Is not questioned by those familiar with the situation, and the refusal of the public service commission to grant their request was patriotic and righteous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26

The president has gone ta Alaska to find cut what that Fegiea pesds, and earFied along sns pf it's principal and pressing peeds-puhlicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
Fine for Gardens

This has been a wonderfully fine year on gardens If there is anybody in Henry county without plenty to eat it is his own fault. Nothing was necessary save the planting of the seed and reason able cultivation The weather has been ideal for garden truck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26

When a man fully realizes how little he knows, he is on the right road te an education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26

Among the hardest things in the world to control are thoughts that are not worth anything after they get loose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
THE ALABAMA PRESS
As to Enactinx Laws

Enacting more fool laws will not increase veneration for those we have already.-Florence Her. aid. Better enact an act to cancel the act that acts in promoting new acts to become lawA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
10 FAVORITE BOOKS
<Aa chosen by Harzhet 7A CoM-
 ato&kl

"Jana Eyre" (BronteN
 Tess of the dUrbervtltes"' (4ardyA.
 "Joanna dodden" (Setia Kaye Smitfhl. The Divine Fire" (Stnciafr), Readings from Great Authors .The Cathedraw (Waipols). Joan and Peter" (Wells). "Dreams" (Olive Shreiner). Shaw's plays,
 Steyenson's essays Copyright, 1928. in United States and Great Britain for The Age-Herald by the North American Newspaper Alliance. All rights reslrved-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
BIG DITCH HAS BIG DAY

(Fa42ma Can2E HecordJ
 A new record for number of transits, net tonnage. cargo ton mage and tolls for days traffic was established May 25. 1923 Twenty-Five commercial vessels trapsited the canal that day and the tolls aggregated S1s6,604.77. This exceeds by approximately s3s.ooo the previous record for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26

humans. It depends on whether the latter are absorbed in dancing Mara thons. Apes don't tax their brains that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
IkESIsS(efORCF
 |@BEARER

Every other man you meet these days is going fishing, getting ready to go, or would like to go. We heard of one man who often joins fishing parties, but never boasts of his catches. The mystery was explained the other day when he remarked: "There's only one trouble about a fishing trip-some fool always insists on fishing"
 Another amateur local fisherman Is fond of telling about his big catches. He was explaining to friend re- gently, "One of the finest ever taken out of these waters; weighed six and a half pounds"-then, watching for ef- fleets, added-"Dressed."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26

Most people are not particular about the details so long as the story is well told.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26

Germans dislike to be repaid in their own coin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
The Murmurins Forest

The Murmuring Forest Deep in tho forest prameval tho mur-
 Inurang pines and the hemloeks Echo with barber shop chords upraised
 by tho merry auartetters, Echo with saxophone groans and jaz.
 xical songs in the darkness While from the neighboring .hore the
 sound of the weird ukulele Floats on the evening breez to answer
 the wall of the forest,
 A stranger cones and rings the bell And speaks one word love full we'll,
 One word that holds me in a spell; ttIcer'
 A friend insists that flies are net caught with vinegar, but it takes mo- lasses, What about the Birmingham dumps? They catch millions, then turn them loose on a long-suffering public;
 Cleaning up the city is all right; keeping it clean is still better,
 Veting for friends is considered an evidence of loyalty; It. is frequently treachery to whole community.
 A Ragra girl seventeen years old is reported te be operating success fully as g footpad in Birmingham. Perhaps a few much-needed street lights would help to curtail her ac- tixities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-26
THE HANGOVER

(Punch. London) Wife from ppstairs): "surely you haven't come home at this late hour. John7".
 John: What will you het7"