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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
DETECTIVE. MADE GOOD
Home Folks Attempt To Trap Bud
ding Sherlock Holmes Failefl

When was u very young detective
I went back to the old home town ex-
pecting to awe the folks. My sense of
Importance over being a really truly de-
tective was so strong that instead of
being overawed my relatives, ridiculed
me, and finally proposed a test to see
what sort of detective / was.
They brought out about dozen pho
tographs of children, all girls, and all
my cousins, so there was a strong re-
semblahce between them.
'If you're such a wonderful detec-
tive" they said, 'just pick out the pic
ture of your sister"
That put me on my mettle. While
examining the photographs ] began to
think and suddenly got bunch. Sup
pose they had a trap for me and my
sisters picture as a little girl was not
among the photographs at ALL strongly
suspected some such reception and was
ready to declare that her picture was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
PROFIT IN BEST SELLERS
Dust One Such Success Puts Author on
Easy Street


Has the thought ever occurred to
you that all you have to do is to write
4 ..best seller" and you can live on
Easy street for the rest of your life :?
That many are thinking about it is, 1
suppose, partly responsible for the
avalanche of books heading our way
these days.
Let us suppose that you were lucky
enough to father a 'best seller" that
sold, say, two hundred thousand copies
in the first year, and that the book re-
tailed at 50 and your royalty was 10
per cent-$40,OO0 in one year. Gee
And "A. s. NJ. Hutchinson's IF Winter
Comes" is just on the half-million mark
for this country alone. And maybe he
gets more than 10 per cent. 1 don't
know. Two Gees! And then think of
the movie rights. Three Gees i w.
Ortop Tewson in the New York Eve
ming Post.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03

Perfection Mattress & Spring Co. 4
Manufacturers Perfection Springs & Mattresses.
Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03

much to child The little automobile
Il quite as real TO the child as is your
sedan, and dolly seems very real
child to the little girl, so take the
fine to replace screws and paste on the
wig. And when the conveyances break
down consider these repairs quite as inn
portant as those to your own car.
apOf course, if the damages is due ito
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03

recklessness or carelessness it Is wen
to discipline the offender BY deferrins
the repairs and thus denying the child
the use OF the toy for 4. period, But
to just neglect the matter and let the
broken article lie unused might be-
iclassed as cruelty to children. -
1t means real sorrow to them and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03

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happy wife. VIVA
Is more, her husband
is d happy and con
tented man. She i.
not particularly goot
looking, nor is sht
witty and brilliant
and though very
pleasant and kind, ]
must confess to hav'
ing sometimes won
dered what was the
reason for his quite
evident complete sat
isfaction in her as a
wife. The other day
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
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The Reggedys and
Walter and his
mama and dady and
the Wizard and the
little fat Captain
and Red Higgins
watched from the
bushes.
They were watch
ing the little fat
captains boat which
had been captured
by a lot of Pirates.
Even Red Higgins
had been one of them
but he did not wish
to become a Pira tie
Captain and get into
trouble and when
the crew sent him
ashore for some food,
he decided to help
the little fat Cap
tain recapture his
boat.
So, whenever the
Pirates sent one of
the crew ashore to
the grocery store,
Red Higgins fought
with the Pirate IN
til he fought the best,
then he tied the Pr
rate to a tree.
In two or three
hours, the Pirates
had all become so
hungry, all except
six had started to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03

IL apt 70 create Feelings of resent
ment that are really cutie justified.
The mother who understands win
not ignore nor trampIe upon the
rights Of her ebild. she win mot
stress duty and promptness and ). set
an example of neglect or gross pro-
scrastination. Hi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
Keeping Up Is
Often Failing
ehind
BY JULIA HOYT

Al CERTAIN young woman l know,
~ of very moderate means, is one
of those who are popularity, Called
=. - Spacimaus of
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-05
Two Big Events
HOT AIR BALLOONS

HOI AIN bALLOOWO
Four paper balloons will be sent up. To
each will be attached tag good for a
$4,000 Red Arrow Bill. Capture one Of
these balloons over half mile from the
starting point and the money is yours. No
shooting of balloons allowed. A prize
WiH be giDen the first person bringing in
one of these balloons.
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-05
RUBBER BALLOONS

Fifty small rubber balloons will be releas-
ed from the roof of one of the Red Arrow
places. Each balloon will have attached
a card emitting the holder to $500 in
Red Arrow money, providing the balloon
is brought in unbroken.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-10-31

include general managers salary,
first and second and SO on, Assist
ant managers salaries, salaries Of the
managers Of this, that and the ether
departments and their. assistants,
also their welfare agents. IN fact
an army Of managers assistants.
etc. If municipal department should
employ one-fourth as many managers
and assistants as they do; a howl Of
great volumn would be raised TO
Heaven. Yet in their campaign pro-
paganda the trust and its agents,
citizens committees, ETC., tell Of the
great amount Of political jobs open or
to be opened by the passage Of the
Bone Bill.
At the same time they are main
tanning wonderful managerial sys-
TENS, with an army Of assistants,
and the salaries they can pay these
managers and assistants.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-10-31

enjoyed by the power trusts. They
sell inside or outside the cities; they
sell to whoever they wish and THEY
PAY NO TAX.
Why then should the cities not be
allowed to sell whenever and to who
ever they wish and also PAY NO
TAX.
The Power Trust Pays no Tax.
There is taxes charged to them on
the tax rolls, but the trust simply
adds those taxes to their expense ac-
count, then their rates for electricity
must take care Of the expense ac-
count plus the PROFIT allowed the
trust on all current sold.
By the way, that expense account Of
theirs is a wonderful thing, it can
hold so much.
It can include legitimate operat-
ing expenses, depreciation, interest,
advertising and taxes. It can also
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-10-31
Healing Cream
Is Quick Relief
For Head Colds

Colds and catarrh yield like magic
to soothing, healing antiseptic cream
,hat penetrates through every air pas
sage and relieves swollen, inflamed
membranes Of nose and throat. Your
sl0gged nostrils open right up and
you can breathe freely. Hawking
and snuffing stop. Don't stay stuffed
np and miserable.
Get a small bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist. Apply a
title in the nostrils and get instant
relief. Millions endorse this remedy
known for more than fifty years.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-10-31
PLUMBERS OFFICER IS DEAD.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. S0.-Martin
J.. Conroy, vice president Of the United
association Of Plumbers and Steam
Filters, died suddenly in this city of
heart disease. He was q member Of
the state senate.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-10-31
Initiative No. So
(The Bone Power BID

Under the Present System
We Now Have:
Approximately 80 privately owned and managed Electric
Light and Power Companies serving alomst every
munity in the state.
This is so-caled Private Power Monopoly
These companies contribute than 100000 annually
toward the cost of government
They are regulated by the state which assures reliable
service reasonable rates with discrimination between
customers localities In the past years there
been rate reductions than increases
companies taxable they
owned by than 10000 citizens of the State of Wash
ington
Under the Bone Bill
We Would Have:
The private plants both large and small gathered by
two three of the large cities to be managed by their
politicians ther selfish interests. The
fers on them extremely broad powers ofAcondemnaion
which would eventually make power monopoly free from
Government control assured fact
No would be paid by these monopoles The
received from the private companies would have to
from other
Rates and service would be entirely in the hands Of the
City Councils of the cities owning the plants There would
be safeguard against discrimination either
individuals localities The of the City Council
would be
The bonds of the ctyowned plants would be exempt
They would be for the part by nonresdents
who would tax thereon
Tuesday the will decide whether continue the well
and business of the State to Seattle and Tacoma
GRAYS HARBOR RAILWAY & LIGHT co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-10

ferent, in that the returns are indirect and usuallly less impressive to the pop. ular mind contemplating effects. Yet an adequate, efficient police force is little, if any, less important in center of population where opportunities for crime and violations of laws and or dinances are more ot less extensive and varied. With the smallest police force comparatively of any city in it's class, Birmingham's record for law and order is by no means discouraging. That more men are needed for the de- partment is no less generally conceded than that greater individual efficiency and more productive team work can be obtained with proper training and discipline. Increase in the number of men and in the efficiency of the de- partment brought up to the highest possible standard would result in per- ceptible improvement of the police benefit in the consummation of plans service, and would receive wide public appreciation. The commission has an opportunity to render signal public to give Birmingham an adequate and efficient police force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-10

hearing her, suggested that she play for those who had denied her admis- sion. If she were an artist, she might go ashore and seek happiness in a new home. Would she play for the immi- grafton board? Yes. Her selection was "Traumerei." She convinced the board that she was an artist. Soon she will become an American.
 Everyone who has listened to Schu- mann's reverie, which has woven so many worthy fShcies and spun such happy dreams, will wish the girl suc- cess in her new home. She played not only as an artist, but with spirit, soul that held her fate. Whether one listened to the sweet notes from Theodore Thomas orchestra, or re- veled in the sweeping touch of Elman, Kubelik, Kreisler, it is not hard to fancy the strains that came from the timid Rumanian girls violin as she played for her opportunity. The little Schumann classic has lulled many a baby to sleep. It has brought tears to many a discouraged mother. It has touched the heart of many cultured audience, and has its assured place in the world of music. Now it serves as a medium through which friendless woman proves herself an artist e., is permitted te enter the door of hope.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-10
rRAuMEREI AS OPEN SESAME

A recent touching incident at Ellis Island illustrated how practical in it's effects art may be when offered proper scope. A girl from Rumania came over to cast her lot in the land of opportunity. She was timid, frail from under-nourishment, but hopeful. When told that she must return to continued life of hardship, she pleaded that she was a music teacher, but, since the World War, had lost her pupils and knew what hunger means. Im- migration officials declined to give her the landing privilege. She sought consolation in her violin. Someone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-10
S7.7FyINc THE APPEAL DOCKET

The proposal of City Attorhey Wvan to nolle prosse one thousand sases that have been appealed from ie city to the circuit court may at
 st glance appear travesty of jus st The real travesty ot justice, Ter. consists in the toleration of x saonditions as result in congestion eat as actually to forestali the x 5spect of ever trying them all. It k said that there are already three sg ,ousand cases pending in the clrcult s,urt. and that so unlikely is prompt thiial of many of these cases that ap- sMeal is resolted to with the deliberate 54xpectation of escaping penalty, through death or removal of witnesses Id other factors weakening the # rength of the prosecution. It ap- x ars that appeal processes are thus s effect allied with the forces that sEiefeat justice rather than with the of law and the efficiency Sof the courts.
 If MT. Wynn's selection is of the
 thousand cases in which trial would
 be meaningless proceeding because
 of the weakening of the ability to
 prove violation, and if it IS accom-
 panied by such reform as will prevent sAsuch congestion in the future, then ' !. all Ineans should the suggestion be adopted. It now happens that judge raas been assigned specifically to the Scity-appeal docket, and that cases of this sort will now be greatly expedited ,4he docket will be relieved in two ways-more cases will be tried daily, and there will be less inclination of those caught red-handed in violations to make appeal and incur the addi- tional costs thereby involved. Prompt punishment is the essential of law en- forcement. It does no good to arrest law-breakers, if eventually they will defeat the courts and escape penalty. On the contrary, such a situation ere ates and stimulates law infractions
 There is public hope that the present congestion. will be replaced with sucf efficient machinery that the offender will make every endeavor to keep out of the circuit court rather than scheme deliberately to get into it, through ap- Fpeals from the city court sentences
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-10
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY

We cannot all be leaders, however hard we try; Some men must toll, while others take
 all the hills on high; Few men can have Rolls -Royces, the
 Fords must serve the crowd, But granting all of that Each tire some time goes flat, And fancy trimming never helps much
 upon a shroud. We cannot all give orders that others
 must obey; Few get gold where many find only
 worthless clay. In passing out her favors luck makes
 some bad mistakes, But grumbling and regret Will never help to get The gods of chance to hand us long runs of lucky breaks. We cannot all have talent, we cannot
 all be wise; Above the many only clever few can
 rise; Ambition hustles early, the sluggard
 slumbers late,,
 The geniuses are rare A lone one here or there. But promptness is virtue that all may cultivate. We cannot all be heroes, enjoying wo.
 mems praise; We cannot all be starring in money
 making plays; But any man, however obscure, may
 still be proud
 If what he does is good, For be it understood That fancy trimming never helps much
 upon shroud.
 s. E. Riser,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-10
ICBELIcHTS M &1sJ kNNATIoNAI |!l
 .CAPITALE

To allay curiosity in the very beginning, let it be understood that the dasheen is potato-hke vegetable.
 It is a plant-immigrant intro duced into the United States fif- teen years ago. It is an impor- tant food in Asia, though little known in North America and Flu rope.
 Florida farmers have formed an organization for promoting the dasheen industry. The depart ment of agriculture is co-operat- ing with the association in prepar- ing a market before increasing the crop acreage.
 Although this new food crop was introduced in Southern states fifteen years ago, and has since been produced on small scale in Florida, its fate has been as that of many other food-plant im- migrants.
 It was first hailed as a wonder full new food plant, according to the department of agriculture. Then it was. condemned, damned with faint praise. and openly ridi- culed. l.-
 Tn this respect 1t recalls the thorny path traveled by the po- tato in making headway in Eu- rope.
 It is sad to relate that although the potato, in Europe, had from the very beginning several staunch friends, 1t encountered powerful opposition, and especially by those enlightened~age the press and the medical profession. The French faculty of medicine, in 177l, on invitation of the comp troller general of French finance, thoroughly investigated the po- tato and all the charges against 1t, and found such charges ground less. When the pope assumed re- sponsibility for its wholesomeness, tho prejudice against this great vegetable broke down, according to the departments statement. The dasheen is a vegetable, the food properties of which are simi- lar to those of the potato. But as it is drier than the potato, it con- talns about fifty per cent. more actual food than a potato of equal weight. It has a nutty flavor and a mealiness which make it distinc- tive. It is excellent baked, fried or prepared with salads. it is said. About ten carloads find their way in to Northern markets each season. The vegetable. is very popular with the Oriental popula- tion.
 Perhaps Americans have eaten and liked 1t in chop suey without knowing it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-10
THE POWER TRUSTS BID

The bid for Muscle Shoals by nine power companies has at least three fatal weaknesses in comparison with the Ford offer. In the first place, while it reserves block of power for the manufacture of nitrates, it does not insure that any such manufacture will result. The suggestion of Rep resentative Hull of Iowa, who sup ports the power bid, that if MT. Ford is in earnest about making fertilizer he can utilize this block of power to do so, is absurd. It is quite evi- dent that MT. Ford's plans include a varied utilization of the power, of which Fertilizer will be only one item and which will depend for its economi- cal production upon it's interlocking with the other operations.
 In the second place, the .bid is all too evidently an effort of a great, nationwide power trust to fasten its tentacles still more firmly upon all im- portant power resources of the na- tion, thus stifling legitimate compe- tition and in effect violating the spirit of our antitrust laws. There is no specific reason why the American peo- pie should have their necks deliberate ly thrust into yoke of this sort.
 In the third place, the purpose of the power companies is the widest dissemination of current without any reference to the orderly development of industries and the legitimate ex- ploitation of resources in the great Tennessee valley, such as is undoubt- edly contemplated by MT. Ford, since he has said that the industries thus called into being would in time give employment to million men. In pur- ,suance of its dilatory tactics, it is noted that the power trust will make an offer of purchase, if it is decided Chat the government should sell the property. There is no reason why the present offer should not have con- tained also the alternative proposal. The bid is a challenge to the friends of the public advantage to array them selves invincibly on the side of the Ford offer, as being the only one to date that affords primary likelihood of material public benefit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-10
A TURKEY DELIVERS A NOTE

A housewife of Little Ferry, New Jersey, while preparing to stuff a turkey that she had bought already dressed, found within it note from the man who raised the turkey. This note said that the first owner had sSld the bird for twenty-two cents a pound and asked the consumer to write what was finally paid. The reply was made that the retail price was forty-six cents. Undoubtedly the North Da- kota producer of the bird will make some choice remarks about robbers and so on. But the gentleman should reflect that the hotel space granted the bird in somebody's cold storage plant; the necessity of providing Means for the payment of the income surtax and the excess profits tax of the job Der; the extraordinary demand for holiday turkeys, when people will buy them no matter what the price; the customers forgiving disposition under the influence of holiday cheer; the spread" between customer and pro- ducer, which at certain seasons is all most spread-eagled; the fact that tur- key is turkey, and that people are geese; all these things enter into the price. The man who matched the tur- key and watched it grow into robust but tender young manhood, should write the lady in New Jersey and con gratulate her on having bought her bird so cheaply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-10
USE OF AIRPLANE
 AGAINST .WEEVIL
(Savannah News)

Fighting the weevil with poison dust dropped from airplanes is not going to work" generally; it may be economical on large planta- tions where there are many hun dreds of acres in one great "patch." but the two-horse farmer cannot afford the cost of aviation, and the adjacent trees would make the aviator's risk too great. Like the great mowers and reapers of the wheat fields the airplane as a dust distributor Is intended for use only on unusually large fields. The ordinary farmer will have to follow the ground methods. The point is the use of the airplane, however, is not that 1t may be restricted to certain sizes of fields, but that in those fields it has been able to fight the weevil suc- cessfully. The methods of appli- cation are various, in the use of calcium arsenate, but the great thing is to use 1t in 8 sensible way, so that cotton can be pro. duced in spite of the weevil.
 There is, no longer, and has not been for some time, any doubt that cotton can be produced "un- der boil weevii conditions" that 1t can be produced profitably and at the rate, in very many places, of bale to the acre, the actual pro- duction depending on other fac- tors than the weevil. If a farmer will put under cotton only such acreage as he can attend to prop erly,~he can whip the weevil; if he tries to make a greater acreage of cotton than he can look after properly he will, nine times out of ten, find the weeyil has him down and he will be sorely dis appointed man. The weevil can be whipped, but the right methods must be used. There is no mys- tery about them now; they have been tried out many times-and they work!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-10
Dog in the Manager

- NsAinSou Aeu8oTJ
 United support behind the Ala bama candidate is necessary to demonstrate to other states that we really want an Alabama man to be in the running for the nomi- nation. Breck's admitted object in nominating himself is to put a stumbling block in the way and, if possible, knock Alabama out. of her golden opportunity to have an Alabamian for president. Regu- lar dog in the manager.