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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-04
PROMOTING AN ADMIRAL.

1t is unfortunate for the ambitions of
Rear Admiral John X. Robson that he
permitted himself to take the wrong side
in the matter of transferring naval, oil
reserves to private exploiters His case
is not helped any in the public mind by
the fact that his endorsement of the
transfer is at variance with the over
whelming preponderance of naval expert
opinion on the same subject. If the
question now at issue were merely that
of the admirals regular promotion it
would probably not excite comment. But
the Republican proposal lis to promote
him over the heads of more deserving
men of longer service. 1t appears that
the plan is the usual Republican reward
for advancing those who have helped in
the Republican distribution of priv
lege.
1t is evident also that the administra-
tive declaration of purpose to clean up
the oil reserve mess and to restore the
reserves to the government cannot be
taken literally or in toto. Admiral Rob-
ison's attitude in approving the sacri-
flee of our naval oil reserves entities him
to demotion rather than promotion, even
if his delinquency had been merely an
error in judgment. Our navy cannot af-
ford to keep officers who make errors OF
Judgment in vital matters, especially
when such error rebounds directly to the
private advantage. And the figures on
which the admiral based his judgment
were at variance with the figures COM
piled by the naval engineers but in har-
mony with the figures of private oil in
Ierests. Yes, from the Republican point
of view, undoubtedly the admiral does de-
serve promotion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-04
ADMINISTERING THE AUDITORIUM.

Undoubtedly the administration of the
auditorium to the best public interest
viii be matter of growth and constant
reimbursement. Whatever details are at
first adopted to regulate performances
and public meetings in the structure will
be subject to modification at any time,
for commission and board rulings are not
like the laws of the Modes and Persians,
which changed not. The object is to give
the people of this community the benefit
of the auditorium convenience at the least
possible expense. 1t is hardly possible
to estimate accurately in advance just
what schedules should be adopted, but it
is certain that they should~be of ma
ture to invite and not repel patronage.
It looks as if the contemplated schedules
are too high. If so, there should be no
delay about reducing them, if such turns
out to be the case.
There are many gatherings of a pub
lie or semi-public nature which should be
officially encouraged in every reasonable
manner. Cultural performances, such as
music and lectures on topics of general
interest, which are not money-making In
their intent or result, deserve special in
tvitation. Public gatherings in behalf of
matters of public moment, commence
ments and the like are expressly for the
people, and it should not be forgotten
that the people put up themoney for the
auditorium. 1t might be regarded as
captious to deal too harshly with initial
mistakes in the management of the con-
venience, but the public will expect a,
rapid evening up of any injustices or ex-
orbitant charges for the use of the struc-
f11ro
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Forum, Of The People
WOULD 4T,et Wen Enough Alone"

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
have noticed several letters in your papers
regarding the imitation of the Northern and
Southern NJ e. Church, l twas born and
reared in the black belt of Dallas county and
all of my family have been members of the
NJ. e. Church for generations past but if the
churches unite, we will certainly withdraw.
l have no idea where this originated, but
certainly no true old-style Southerner would
think of advocating such a move. In my
opinion, it would be blow to our church
that would never be overcome. We are at
peace now and for the sake of peace and
harmony, let's let well enough alone.
FRED w. VAUGHAN.
Belle Ellen, Ala October 2, 1924
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-04
Watching The Parade

THE folks on our street all say that Rob
ert's uncle is dissipated old cuss. 1t
= may be, though the only sign of it l
can. discover is that he has set of early
wrinkles and a tired look around his eyes.
He is bored at times by our artless village
prattle, / think He-saiding and she-saiding
does not seem to hold his attention. For
several years he lived in more or less i'm
portant circles abroad.
Now talk" l heard him say last night.
He was around the veranda corner, screened
from me by veil of vines, and my pipe had
gone out, SO that no clue remained to my
presence. Robert, aged thirteen, bright,
studious but somewhat heavy cake for u
boy of that age, lit into conversation like a
butterfly.I
Queer little thing happened down our
way" he began.
1 sat in my screen, shamelessly eavesdrop-
ping, for the boy displayed talents as chat
ter that were an eye-opener to me. Usually
he had told his circle, when he arose from his
book at all, about his teacher, the other boys,
fishing hole, his need of new racket and
what the garage man said. No one could
blame him. His beloved papa sticks tightly
to business affairs when he essays sOciability
and his mother, bless her heart, is bear at
describing the various sorts of bodied hair in
the vicinity.
You're getting on fine, Bob" said the
amazing uncle, who had been deity. feeding
the boys line as they talked. Don't forget
that while you may get by at the directors
table with an assortment of heavy facts about
winter wheat and the per capita distribution
of tractors in Siberia, you will never win and
her invitation to a dinner table with that
sort of stuff And in this regrettably imper-
feet world the dinner table is an important
stance. Learn how to handle light talk
as we'll as heavy"
No wonder they call him dissipated-in
our set. That talk absolutely overtGrns our
finest standards. Our idea of being enter
tanning is to tell funny story.
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the final tribune to decide. such cases
as these and other matters of controversy
in professional baseball, and there is no
appeal in baseball from his decision:
Baseball players are chosen for their
knowledge and skill in the game. Their
moral qualities may be good or bad.
Where large sums of money are involved
in attempted bribery it need not be sur
prising that occasionally there is found
a player who yields to temptation. But be
it remembered that the great national
game of professional baseball has been
kept remarkably clean under the c.
cumstances, and the purpose. of su-
preme tribune to decide points of con
troversy was to keep it as clean as is
h.manly possible.
Considering the conditions and tempta-
tions surrounding the game, baseball has
maintained a high standard, else the
American people would not continue
their deep interest in it. They are Strong
adherents of clean sports, whether pro-
fessional or amateur, and the fact INA
their interest in professional baseball
continues from year to year, with L.
dency to increase, demonstrates tina
such charges as are made against two
players of ~ c:n~ts arc ~ exception
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-04
Brief Nature Studies
By j. OTIS SWIFT

4 LONG the border Of sleepy little wood
~ land ponds in Minnesota, Michigan, New
Jersey to Maine are found the tiny lit
tie pipeworts with short awl-shaped soft
leaves, scapes two to six inches tall sur
mounted by little round, whitish flower heads.
This pipewort, Ericaulon septangulare, grows
on the shore of Island Pond in the great
Palisades Interstate Park in New York, where
it is found among long-leaved sundews, mea-
dow beauty and horned bladderwort. In
little sphagnum bog on the Georgetown Road
at Bay Point Me-, last August, the same lit
tie "wool-stalk" was found in friendly com
munion with the perfumed horned bladder
wort and round-leaved and lOng-leaved sun
dews.
Eriocaulon, compounded from the Greek
words for wool and stalk, is a genus of
acaulescent herds typifying the family
Eriocaulaceae, distinguished by having flow
ers with four to six stamens and glandular
petals 1t is founG widely spread over warm
countries, several species being characteristic
of the sandy lands of the Southern United
States.
These plants are distinct from eriophorum,
cotton grass, spoken of by Ruskin in con-
nection with Mercury, the cloud shepherd.
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WHY AM sHOULD VOTE.

A movement to bring out the vote in the
national election is a good thing. One Of the
arguments for reducing the South's repre-
sentation in congress is that our representa-
tives seem to represent so few voters as com
pared with representation of Northern dis
tricts. OF course, the Souths Representatives
represent all the people, voters and persons
who do not vote, but that fact is not shown
in the returns and the small vote is made
much of by advocates of a reduction of the
South's representation. Every qualified
elector, therefore, should vote at the election.
Mobile Register.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-04
THE TRUE PROGRESSIVE.

From my point of view he only deserves
to be called a progressive who cannot see
q wrong persist without an effort to redress
Il, or a right denied without an effort to
protect 1t; who feels a deep concern for the
economic welfare of the United States, but
realizes that the making Of better men and
women is q matter greater stiii; VINO
thinks of every governmental policy first
Of all in its bearing upon human rights
rather than upon material things; who be-
neves profoundly in human equality and
dStests privilege in whatever form or In
whatever disguise, and who finds the true
test of success in the welfare of the many
and not the prosperity and comfort of the
few. The civic unit of America IL not the
dollar, but the individual man. All that
goes to make better and happier and freer
men and women Is progress; all else Ii re-
action.-JOhn w. Davis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-04
The Right Word
THE RETAINED OBJECT
BY w. CURTIS NICHOLSON

Yes it is real and recognized grammatical
construction that "a Stableman Literateur
wrote about in the last instalment OF 1.-The
Right Word"
The following sentence once appeared IN
this column and the foregoing correspondent
has criticized the placing of an object after
a massive verb: you will be given another
opportunity"
The critic does not see how the construc-
ton above can be any more correct than the
following: 1.-THE bride will be given dia-
mond necklace" -;
Possibly "A Stableman Literateur" viii
feel better if he reads what some one else
has to say about the construction under dis
cussion. 1.-THE Right Word" quotes from
Fernalds "a Working Grammar of the Eng
lish Language" as follows:
1.-THE Retained Object.-Sometimes the in
direct object of the active verb is made the
subject of the passive verb, and the direct OBJ
ject is retained in the objective case, though
not governed by any verb or proposition.
Thus: 40
"Active Form.-The teacher gave the boy a
book;
''Passive Form.--The boy was given a
Book by his teacher.
Hence, the noun book is to- be
parsed as in the objective case, the retained
object after the verb was given"
Note the following from MacCracken and
Sandison's Manual of Good English: -
Retained object; l never was taught
Physics Tor to play tennis)." $3.50
The foregoing sentence is followediby the
following footnote: esil
II. In accordance with the report OF the
Joint Committee on Grammatical Nomenela'
ture (Journal of Proceedings and Addresses
Nat. Educ. Assoc, 1913, PIP. 315-S54)."
Does "a Stableman Literateur" wish to
carry the discussion further?
Yesterdays Error.
Wrong. The correspondents argument
sounds reasonably, doesn't it?
Right: The correspondents argument
sounds reasonable, doesn't it?
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Politics
THERE is a general sintiment among
Americans that politics Is degrading. y
BY DR. FRANK CRANE

pTHERE is a general sintiment among
Americans that politics Is degrading.
This is singular. For we are q de-
mocracy, and a perfect democracy only
exists when every man-and woman---and,
even child-is a politician.
As soon as our esteemed forefathers had
set up this government '.for the people" they
began to hedge against the people. They
seemed to think craftsmanship consists in
preventing the people from getting what they
want. Their bugaboo was "the passions Of
the mob" What they seemed most afraid OF
was the liberty they had won. They handled
it like nitrogen.
They proceeded to devise all kinds of
Cheeks" notably, the senate, to be chosen
by state Legislatures and not BY popular
vote and the cumbersome electoral college,
to keep the citizens from voting directly for
president.
This is the virus of aristocracy. 1t still
fingers in our blood. zix4
Propose to operate a street railway by the
city or trunk railways by the national gov
eminent, and Immediately clean fat hands are
raised in protest sob, no! Politics is too
corrupt"
We are told with matter-of-course air that
it would never, never do to put the water
works or gas supply or electric-Iight plant
into the control of politicians.
All of which is utterly wrong, and the peo-
pie are beginning to see it..
Every institution that is ''safeguarded" by
taking it from the immediate hands OF the
people becomes corrupt, becomes in time nm
enemy to the people.
Democracy is proceeding. 1t should go on.
For there is but one problem before us, to
organize government so that the will OF the
people shall be quickly enforced
se fVW HuhnU
will be tolerated that are privately endowed
and managed. The only logical university ~
a republic is a state university, supported BY
taxation. There are strong grounds Tor ques-
tionin9 the value of Yale, Harvard and Chi
cago universities to the nation. They arc
islands Of autocracy in the ocean OF democra-
cy. They are governed by money, and money
is always medieval in its instincts.
There is little doubt that the inefficieney
of churches is due to their failure to keep
step with democracy.
There is but one cure for the ills of de-
mocracy and that is more democracy.
The subtIest and most dangerous Of heresieS
is that .'the people are not competent to gov
ern themselves" for the only school for self
government is self-goyernfnent.
Children should be taught self-government.
They should not be governed; they should lie
shown how to govern themselves Our public
schools are still monarchies. Every child
should be trained in politics, made to feel that
politics Il life, that not to be a politician is
a disgrace.
Trust the people. Teach them in youth
the arts of organized public effort. Only 50
is a democracy safe
Only so can the people come to see TINT
the real trouble with trusts, huge money
units, is that they are monarchic, that is they
have power without Responsibilities they are
not democratic. lsss
An the people will apply the remsfy.
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to be absolutely and unequvocally dis
proved by the figures that must have
been within easy reach of his fingers as
he wrote. It is almost unbelievable that
a man in high official position would SO
misinterpret the records of his own de-
partment.
The real cause of the unemployment
was the shutting down Of, war industries
co-incidentally with the return of mil
lions of soldiers from abroad. There had
not yet been time to re-adjust industry to
peacetime operation. immigration had
absolutely nothing to do with it. Mr..
Davis says that there were five million
unemployed. How could less than three
quarters of million immigrants cause
that? Only Mr.. Davis could tell.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-04
KEEPING BASEBALL CLEAN.

Much is being made of the charges Of
bribery involving members of the New
York Giants on the eve of their cham
pionship series with the Washington
team. That is not unexpected. So far,
one member of the team has confessed
offering a bride to a member of Phila-
delphia team on September 27, and he
has implicated another member of the
Giants. Both players have been declared
ineligible for the title games. Meantime
no complaint nor effort to defend the two
suspended members has come from the
manager of the team.
Commissioner Lands was appointed
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GOING DOWN!
Dear Friend

Dear Friend:
The architect who has a perfect picture Of
a building will produce that building without
missing detail. The reason you are not able
to finish your job, or to advance, is because
you have no complete picture of what you
want to de--some small detail is missing.
If you have a clear picture of what you
want to do, nothing can stop you from get
ing it.
Sit quietly each day and form a picture
of what you want to do, emitting nothing -
Then pump some faith into yourself and you
will win.
Faith can and will move mountains.
Faithfully yours,
ALFALFA SMITH
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Water I'II Haze
,ROTHY BURGESS IN THE OUTLOOK

Now it's water I'll have to live beside
If it's only brook through hollow.
1t needn't be deep, nor yet be wide,
But alive for my eyes to follow.
Alive, with a voice that my heart may know
And a tale that my heart may hearken.
Over it swiftly wind will blow
As each days shadows darken. III
And the way of the water and 5Rfpd will
bring Ks
Rest from a word once spoken,
Forgetfulness of dreary thing
And an old. old promise broken.
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She loved to do photography,
She wis its doting devotee
And followed this delightful fad,
AS one for love of art gone mad.
My heart she spurned, though every day
More eager / my love to say.
Now once by chance l met the Miss,
And fondly sought to win kiss.
In darkened room, as dark could be,
Well suited to her art, you see,
/ thought perhaps one kiss she'd give.
But no she handed me her negative.
George w. Lyon.
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5THE ALABAMA
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2 Crowded with Cotton Wagons--Althongh
q few bales of cotton have already been sold
in the local market, the season has hardly
begun, but within the next few weeks the
streets viii be crowded with cotton wagons.
Fort Payne will receive its share of cotton,
as this is one of the best markets in North
Alabama--De Kalb County Herald.
house in Scottsboro is occupied and people ire
continually calling for more houses. At least
a dozen residences have been built this year,
but still the demand is greater than the sup
ply. Why can't some one who has money 70
invest build some reasonably priced houseg
Let the town grow and let's not retard Its
growth because of lack Of homes,-Scofts-
boro Progressive Age.
--
Like Epitaph on Coffin. Theodore Eoose-
Welt will lead the Republican hosts in New
York state for the governorship in opposition
to the retoubtahle "Al, Smith, but the fight
and fire of the old Roosevelt did not descend
upon the son. A great name without merit
has been Iikened to an epitaph on a coffin.
Smiths normal majority of a million and a
half will, no doubt, be maintained this year
Selma Times-Journal.
-
Attention Directed to Good Road.-Ihe
Florence Times seems disposed to route tour
lists out of Florence by. way of Albany, but
we call attention to the fact that the Bank
head highway is almost completed from BIT
and Mississippi has good roads. Why couldn't
the tourists drop down into Mississippi ana
strike good road that runs from mississippi
to Florida, traversing the state OF Alabama,
west to east Jasper Mountain Eagle
-
School Teacher Not Appreciated. The
school teacher, too little appreciated and too
often under-paid, is doing work that exceeds
in Importance the work of any set OF men
or women in the country--that Of starting the
youth of the land into the paths where
knowledge may be gained, and in training
the years to come. without the work Of the
school teacher, civilization would halt, con-
ditions would be chaotic and mankind would
revert to savagery.AAnniston Star
----s4s
On the enforcement Job.-The sheriff Of
pibb county. and his deputies, are enforcing
the prohibition law and the fellow that is con-
Quoting still or handling prohibited liquors
sooner or later will wind up in the tolls Of
the law. 1t is not that they enjoy seeing pep
ME in trouble but they have taken an oath
to enforce the law, and if they have any re-
gard for their oath, they must be vigilant in
this regard. There is no set of officers in the
state who are doing more to break up this
traffic than the officers Of Bibb county
Centreyille Press.
Wilbur Affair Badly Bungled-We are not
- -. I. 4 s1....
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Improving

Last night, for the first time in our ten
years. of married life, beat my wife! Beat
her slowly and deliberately, enjoying every
second of the process for the experience was
new and delightful one for me. Not word
escaped her until it was all over. Then she
uttered sigh of relief
Really, Horace, am glad that you are
finally mastering the finer points of bridge !"
she said, throwing down her cards.
-Benn Grimes.
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The STRENGTH OF The Weals.

Two negroes in an Alaskan marble quarry
were surprised by the boss in heated criti-
cism of the camp food.
Embarrassed, one rose and walked away.
He returned soon, however, and feeling the
need of saying something, remarked: ~
know, boss, if 20 had asst me whar was I
goin',, couldn't have toll you, cause Use so
weak from dis here food dat / KANT even
point"
j. R. sandberg.
Copyright. 1874 Reproduction Eosbiddsnl
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Ambitions,

Don't you wish you was a bird, Jimmy,
and could fly way up, in the skyg" asked lit
tie Jean dreamily. ej..s
''Naw!" scorned Jimmy. sd rather be an.
elephant and squirt water through my nose"
Daisy Walters
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Hard Hit.

There was a young fellow so vain,
He said the girls gave him pain;
When asked in what part,
He replied near his heart, sf/
For the poor fellow hadn't much brain. .
-Marcelle Caire.
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A correspondent wants to know VIII,
he should vote. Anyone who doesn'
know why, shouldn't.
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1t is expected that the airplane record
of two hundred and forty-three miles an
hour will be lowered at the Dayton speed
tests. 1t will need important business to
warrant getting anywhere in such a
hurry.
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A negro burglar whom the police have
been seeking for months, and who was
charged on several occasions with va
grancy, declared that he was not loafer,
but worked every night The amount he
collected in loot verifies his statement.
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hneW Her.
Mrs. Stone las hubby is dressing for his
lodge" meeting: Il want to speak to you
for a moment, DEAR"
Stone (peevishly) well, hurry up; /
have just half hour to spare"
Eleanor Longan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-04

The number of burglaries confessed by
Birmingham negro remind one of Al
auctioneer's inventory
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More charges IRE brought against for
mer Secretary Fall; but the Republicans
are too busy electioneering to worry
about little thing like that. -