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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION"

Who Shall Spend Your Money" is the title of an interesting article in a recent issue of Golfers, which tells how a practical banker of Cleveland. Ohio. in his will pro- vided for the Cleveland Foundation to be administered for the community benefit. A brief introduction by the editor gives the substance of the article, and reveals its spirit as follows: Whether you have much or little, how are you going to make sure your money is spent wisely after you are gone? And your favorite charity may mean nothing ten years from now. The writer tells about the Community Foundation idea, to which anyone can contribute, and which of fers immortality by proxy. Already in Cleveland, with accumulated money which otherwise might have been used to endow wastrels, it has improved the public schools. reduced crime and increased recrea- tiOn facilities
 Thus, it seems the institution is a trust fund to be administered by capable, publc-spirited ed business men that the expenditures will be of greater public benefit The banker above mentioned pr0spered and be- came a prominent and productive figure in that community. He realized that to him self did not belong all the credit. On the contrary, much of his success resulted from opportunities which the community offered. Hence his feeling of indebtedness to Cleve- I0nu. W uh tnal sense OI gratitude winch comes from recognition of personal respon- sibility, the banker 50 made his will as to provide for the reasonable needs and com forts of his family and their immediate de- scendants, after which pretentious bal ance was set aside for the Community Foundation, which in after years will re- ceive the major portion of the estate.
 The originator of the idea realized that large immediate bequests are a temptation to waste and even worse. He understood that it takes brains, vision and patriotism to give away money so that it will do more good than harm. Hence he safeeuarded the administration of the fund in all possible ways. The chief purpose was that it would be so expended as to do the most good to the entire community. Politics was elimi- mated in every conceivable way. Such things &s the public education. park development, music. art and other uplifting influences, were foremost in considerations The fund has been largely augmented by other be. quests and the public benefits have been steadily increasing. The idea has been adopted. in other large cities. It has proven a public asset in many centers of population 1t has opened a large field for service by
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people and communities whom the power company seeks to serve by such extensions are opposed to them. It should be apparent that the will of the people for whom public service is intended is primary factor in mat. ters of this sort, when, for a temporary fal- tering in a broad public policy. permanent and serious public injury may result
 The Public Service Commission showed ex- ceeding wisdom and full regard for the widest measure of public welfare in its previous de- cisions affecting power trust extensions within the territory where such extensions would tend to counteract the expected bene. fits of Muscle Shoals developments. Let the commission hold to that policy for the shorter period that now remains until tue Muscle Shoals project is finally and definitely dispOsed of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24
DEFER THE POWER EXTENSIONS

The reasons that impelled the Public Ser vice Commission to refuse to the Alabama Power Company permission to construct transmission lines in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals and it's immediate territory are as cogent as ever. The commission may be as- sured that, in such refusal, it has had the overwhelming public sentiment of Alabama behind it.. The people of this state are defi nitely and completely committed to the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals, and are strongly op- posed to any extension of the power monopoly in this state to the prejudice of the Ford offer or of the fullest utilization of the Muscle Shoals potentiality. It is only the course of prudence to defer such extensions until con gress has acted on Muscle Shoals.
 H The Public Service Commission cannot but be profoundly impressed by the fact that the
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yertiser with collateral. note signed by ths following brewers as makers: Edw.S A Schmidt, Louis B. schramf J. Liekman, R J. Schaefer, Jacob Ruppert, C. w.. Feisespan, George Ehret, Jr., N. J. and M. L. .Griei. .,
 The collateral note, dated February 14 1918, was attached to the Advertiser note and read as follows: sIS '
 One year after date we promise to pay
 to the order of the Northwestern Ma
 tional Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. the sum r of forty-seven thousand fivet hundred
 dollars, in the individual proportions as
 set forth below, without defaication, for
 value received. with interest from date at :
 the rate of 6 percentum per annum.. It
 is covenanted and agreed between the
 makers and the payee of this note, and .
 each with the other, that the individual
 obligation of each of the makers hereof is limited to the sum set opposite their
 respective names, and interest thereon in
 like proportion, and the makers are not / to be- held liable by the payee in any
 greater sum by reason of any of them de-
 faulting in their share of principal or
 Another note made in the interest of the Advertiser in the same transaction is also for forty-five thousand dollars and to 1t is at- tached similar collateral note signed by the following brewers as makers:
 Edward Landsberg, Gustave Pabst,
 Henry vahlkamp, Aug. A. Busch. Eu-
 gene NJ. Keeley, John Moerlein, the F. W.
 Cook Brewing Co.,. by G. Michael Dauss-
 man, president, and Peter $. Theurer.
 It is conceivable that the God-fearing citi- zenship of Alabama would excuse The Age Herald from editorial debate with the Mont gomery Advertiser, for the question can be seriously asked whether daily, an interest in which is purchased under such conditions, is in reality newspaper to be recognized as public journal in the full understanding and universally accepted sense of the term, for the Advertiser is still in part owned by one who participated in the above transactions for the newspaper.
 However, The AgeHerald's purpose is not to engage in debate with the Advertiser, but to defend the Democratic party of the nation, and Democratic leaders in the party ranks, from unfair unjust and almost unbelievable attack by a newspaper protesting allegiance to Democracy. If such defense forces The Age Herald to show the source from which such attempt emanates, then The Age-Herald without hesitation, in defense of unstained men and unstained party administration, is required to do it in the party interest, now and always in the future.
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work with anybody who is working for what she is working. Without ruffling her pride as a working woman she can stand in the as Lady Astor gave on the evening after par liament met, where conservatives and liberals and labor peoples were expected She can chat with diplomats about their own coun. tries, for she has travelled largely very re- gently in Central Europe, and she can talk domestic batter with housewives as one of themselves.
 This round faced. smiling little woman has had plenty of chances to be married, to live in affluence. She has had chances to retire from the struggle, but when she, as a girl in her teens, took the union pledge, she meant every word of it and means it still
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those whose obligation to the. community. in
 which they lived and pfospered could be met in practical spirit of ,appgeciatpn.T | Not :; only is this institution Hperforming
 valued service by the establishment and
 maintenance of such tangible and visible results as better schools, recreation facilities and the like; but its influence is felt in larger measure of public protection, as set forth in the article following:I After the war came the wave of lawlessness. and there was much dissatisfaction and suspicion of the process of criminal justice. The Cleveland Foundation began q survey of the administration of criminal justice under the direction of a corps of au. thorities headed by Roscoe Pound, dean of the Harvard Law School In consequence Cleveland had considerable drop in crime, while Buffalo, to the east, and Detroit, to the west, did not N
 This community foundation idea is not new in conception. A similar spirit is eyi- denced in everys bequest made to the public interests. Not long ago Birmingham citi- zen left to public education in this city his estate after the death of his widow. There have been other community gifts to Bir- mingham. There ought to be many. There are hundreds of citizens whose prosperity resulted largely from opportunities which this community offered them; and whose names and sense of public responsibilities could thus be perpetuated in the doing of good to their fellow man. With broad spirit of cooperation by men of means and vision in this community, the splendid ef- fects would soon be apparent in the better ment of conditions. No wiser investment could be made; no larger returns could be hoped for; no broader field of service is open to the citizen who, after devoting q life of labor and sacrifice to the accumula- tion of worldly goods, passes away with the satisfaction of knowing that at least part of the fruits of his efforts will be devoted to continued and accommodating benefits of the community which helped him towards success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24
ON READING

As books flow from the publishers presses in a never-ending stream booklovers often ask, How can I read them ah:' The an swer to that question .s. Ut can't be done, and there is no use to try" In lifetime of assiduous reading, the broad realm of lit, erature cannot be covered completely. It is doubtful if one person can familiarize himself with all that is best in literature, for it is a fact that there is much literary merit lurk- ing in odd corners of the world, in volumes forgotten, which deserves to be perpetuatcd because a rowing reader discovers it and gives it new currency.
 Take merely the so-called classics. whose standing in the world of literature is unin- disputable and which are literally household words, whether they are much read and ap- preciated in all households or not. Many per sons who love books, as the best of all friends to mankind, and place the habit of reading first among life's pleasures, acknowl- edge sadly that there are dozens, nay, scores of volumes they are still trying to get around to-" The book they already know and which they have learned to depend oil, for informa- tion, for comfort in time of sorrow and for entertainment, make such an insistent ap- peal that they must be taken up, again and again.
 The ell-thumbed volume is read, over and over. Meanwhile, the book we intended to
 
 to await our attention. Very many times, we never do get around to it. For this reason, your true boOklover resents the advice of some well-meaning friend or acquaintance who ex- claims, You must read' this, or that book which has but lately tumbled from the press. Everyone" is talking about it; the reviewers are putting it-maybe with tongue in cheek Really, if one wishes to keep up with the times, one must read the novel, or the biogra- phy or the what-not that is at the moment in demand. But what becomes of this best seller" in few years? In a majority of in stances it is forgotten, and enjoys no such revival of popularity as is experienced by more deserving books, for a little while neg lected.
 Therefore, we of the great fraternity who know what the feel of a book is and value it accordingly, can well afford to wait until the test of time sifts the good from the bad or the mediocre in contemporaneous literature, while we endeavor to know more aud more about the books that are recognized as immor- tai. Here is a rich field, an inexhaustible field, where one may find new pleasure and fresh inspiration to the latest hour of his life and still but scratch the surface.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24

desires of the war weary who believed that a new world order had been earned. Even when such phrases as ''too proud to fight" and peace without victory" got angry reac- tiOns, it was because they summed up beliefs felt to be dangerous because they were known to be popular with many and earnestly held.
 Wilson's literary power was dangerous talent. If 1t was a main factor in his moral influence, at one time the greatest in, the world, 1t was perhaps chiefly responsible for his alleged failure. He was not novelist to follow the defects as we'll as the poten- t1allties of character; nor 6 dramatist to point out the tragedy of human aspiration (of which he was of course well aware) nor an essay ist to analyze the plus and minus of human endeavor. His duty,. as he saw it, was to state and restate what mem should do, what good men would do if they could. It was a duty which his idealism made easy and grate- ful. But, like Pharaoh, he would not let his people go, like the Hebrew prophets, he would permit no concern except with the highest, like every great man of letters he never was at g loss for effective words. We were over stimulated to virtue we were told too often of the ideals we must keep. The natural man, as Wilson's father would have said, became uneasy. He could not breathe such air so long. He grew irritable. When Wilson called for a moral uprising it did not come. His enemies were more active than his friends. The moral nerve of the nation no longer thrilled
 Wilson counted too much upon his power over words. The quick response of the de- mocracy when he expressed their dim hope 1n Ia Ak~
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A prominent financier says that he find. the subway a good place to think. Thert is a suspicion that quite a nAmber of en terprises have been financed sub rosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24

Senator Hiram Johnson has intimated that he will start a third party if his opponents undertake steam-roller methods against him in the convention. He does not seem to realize that the steam-roller fiattened his presidential prospects as soon as he opened the way for its operation.
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4 (Kansas Cit Star) ISS MARGARET BONDFIELD. the

TWW IIsI WOlldu III IIslOFy 10 HOIu d 4V 4 place in the British cabinet, does not in temperature or mentally conform to the conventional idea of the states man. The feminine undersecretary for labor appointed the other day by Ramsay Mac Donald, the new prime minister, has had training, however, which in scope and detail has fitted her for the present task.
 ! Miss Bondfield is not new to this weight of responsibility. Her whole life has been spent in circumstances of strain and high tension, the only difference between her present job and the former ones is that now, for the first time, she might have been reasonably hoping for little applause and diversion mixed with
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Some of the politicians, who advise the people to get down to basic principles, for themselves interpret this to mean the ground floor
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It is reported that an elephant keeper of a London zoo served forty-four years with out losing an elephant. Here is chance for the G. 0. F. to acquire some needful talent. ss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24

The son of leading New York banker aspires to be a saxaphone expert; but it is doubtful if all the resources of dads bank can finance commensurate popularity for the young man,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24

The proposed new immigration bill car res little hope for the Chinese yet they may get some revenge through the intro duction of Nah Jong in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24

It is not surprising that female get rich-quick financier who induced rich pa irons of a New York corset shop to invest ip her scheme was herself pinched.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24
Grocers and Butchers Want Food Protected

 To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 l am very glad to note your editorial in current issue of The Age-Herald entitled Protect the Publics Food" and desire you and your readers to know that this associa- tion not only indorses the sentiment con- tained therein, but is of its own free will and accord earnestly working to secure the ends desired as expressed therein, i. e., better foods with consequent improvement in gem eral health conditions which is ae logical re- suit. You will recall that this association has several times called the attention of the peo- pie through the advertising columns of your paper to the value of pure food as the foun- daton of healthy nation.
 We further desire the public to. know that this association of retail grocers and butchers were instrumental in the securing of the en- actment of the laws we now have in the city of Birmingham with respect to clean food stuffs. also that we stand ready and anxious for the inspectors of the health department to visit our stores and make such recommenda- tiOns as will enable us more fully to comply with the tenets of same.
 At the present time we are fostering an ed ucatonal movement in a food exposition, showing the people what are and may be con- sldered the standards of pure foods, and we invite their inspection of this exposition at the Armory Building Second avenue and Eighteenth street. This exposition has been arranged at considerable expense, and the public will have the opportunity of seeing and testing a most wonderful display of food stuffs until the exposition closes March 1. BIRMINGHAM RETAIL GROCERS AND BUTCHERS ASSOCIATION.
 J. E. Colvin, President
 B. c. Apperson, Secretary.
 Birmingham, Ala, Feb, 22, 1924.
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So far the truth about scopolamin does no seem to have been satisfactorily established
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This might not be bad time to try out the merits of scopolamin at Washington.
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THE ACE-HERALD


Entered at Birmingham. Ala. post onics es seo- snd-class matter. act of Congress March :. is's'
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Wilson counted too much upon his power over words The quick response of the de made him overconfident. He followed the natural course of the man of letters, which
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Forum Of The People
Underwood "Outstanding Figure
he Editor of The Aee-Herald .

To the Editor of The AgeHeraId
 The prevailing opinion among important people of affairs from various parts of the country sojourning at the hotels here is that Underwood today is the outstanding figure in the presidential race. The feeling is prac- tically unanimous that he is leader of the necessary ability, experience, vision and of the high character and spotless reputation necessary to win the election and grapple with the serious problems, foreign and do- nestle, that beset the nation. They believe he would restore confidence by turning the rascals out, bring honesty and efficiency in governmental administration and secure pros perity to all the people. They express the hope that Alabama and the South will present him to the Democratic national convention and confidently predict his nomination and overwhelming election. l.. A. MAY.
 Palm Beach, Fla, Feb. 9, 1924.
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PRESS ON MIR. DENBY

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-20

the Democrats, on paper, had forty
five votes, against the Republicans
ffty-one. But if Colt is replaced by
a Democrat for the remainder of his
term, La Toilette could swing a tie
if only one other Republican Sena-
tor voted with the Democrats. This
would give a powerful grip on the
Senate, because he can usually rely
on two or three Republicans to go
with him in anything he undertakes.
One Short
In the House at present the Re-
publicans have twenty-four State
delegations, one short of the neces-
sary majority. Wisconsin, of course,
is counted as safely La Toilette.
If the independents secure North
Dakota it will reduce the Repub-
Iicans' claim in the House to three
short of a majority. At the last
term the North Dakota delegation
consisted of congressman Young
and Burtness, both regular Repub-
licans, and Sinclair. progressive.
Young resigned to accept a judicial
appointment, And now, in the
scramble over his successor, the La
Toilette groups are fighting for Ger
aid P. Nye, independent, whose cleo
ton would give the delegation 20
La Toilette.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-20

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