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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
THE COASTS CABBAGE CROP

Although the cabbage growers of Mobile and Baldwin counties were heavily damaged by the January freeze, they are courageously seeking to recover their losses by replanting their fields. Several million plants are being set out on the rows that only two or three weeks ago were standing in serried green ranks al- ready swelling with the promise of harvest and a plentiful yield. The chief expense of raising cabbage, how ever, is not the cost of the plants, but the cost of labor and fertilizer. The fertilizer is still in. the ground, of course, and available for new plant ing. Perhaps the additional cost of labor and plants will be in part offset by the higher price some think will result from the decrease in yield due to the freeze.
 To one unfamiliar with the cabbaRe industry on Alabama't Gulf coast the damage may seem .a minor one; but as a matter of fact the two coast counties ship several million dollars' worth of cabbage every winter and spring. The acreage is extensive, and for some communities cabbage is the principal crop and the chief source of income. Some years the profit is not great, often almost nothing. Other years men make fortunes from one crop. It may be news to the peo- pie of Alabama that the largest cab- bage farm in the world is in Mobile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
FORD OFFER TAKES ONE STEP

| Ford offer for Muscle Shoals has fin- ally been favorably reported out of committee, and the fight ii thus trans- ferred to the floor of the house. It is one of the most remarkable facts in the history of legislative fencing that, in spits of all the attacks made upon it, of the passage of time with its customary changes, of all efforts to disparase both Ford and his offer, and of the constant stream of other offers calculated to muddy the wa- ters,. the Ford proposal emerges prac- tically intact and without any major alteration in it's original form or lam guage. The genuine purpose of nhak- ing this public investment serve it's logical function in the national de- fense, in agricultural development and in utilization of the contiguous mate rials has not been obscured by the organized campaign of misrepresenta- tion and opprobrium.
 Indeed, one amendment to the Ford offer adopted by the committee is sufficient reply to the machinations of the foreign owned and controlled power trust. It is the provision whereby the stocks and bonds of the Shoals enterprise shall in the begin ming and forever .afterward be owned by. Americans. This is, not prejudice. It is common sense. Muscle Shoals is our greatest potential source of ex. plosives in war emergency. It must be a purely American enterprise of sole American control and ownership. It has not been regarded as either feasible or desirable to operate this as government undertaking; there- fore, it is the acme of wisdom and foresight to safeguard it by the amend ment above mentioned.
 The fight is not over. Severe at tacks are yet to be made upon it, both in the house and in the senate. The house, however, appears certain to east heavy majority for it without material alteration. The task of it's friends is to prevent calculated delays for the purpose of obstructing vote. Under the changed rules it is believed that this can be accomplished. In the senate committee there is prospect of another delay. But it must be fought through at this session, and this tre- mendous asset made publicly avail. able. It is inconceivable that . for eign owned and controlled trust should be able to block our legislative nia- chinery. Yet there is indisputable evil dence that this has occurred. It is believed that the relentless publicity that has played upon the machinations of the trust has frustrated its selfish purposes. That light will continue to play upon this entire situation until the public welfare has been safeguard ed by enactment of the measure which the public will has so unmistakably shown itself to favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
Quit Using the Hammer
lAndalnsin Starl

NAnudluSlu StarJ
 We should make the year 1924 a year of cooperation. It should be cooperation locally, with all inter. ests pulling in harmony for the up- building of AndalusiA, industrially, commercially and in every other way. We should co-operate in boosting for our town, and our peo- pie make the town. You cannot knock the citizens of Ayour town without injuring your town. Yes, all of them have their faults, and so have you. You need not get it into your noodle that you are so all- fired popular that you have license to go about using the hammer on the other fellow. The chances are that the fellow you dislike may be a spe- cial fayorite of many other citizens in the community. Then If you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
By THOMAS R.. MARSHALL, Former Vice President of the United
 States

The importance of teaching correct principles to youth cannot be too frequently stressed. The mind of man is a palimpest. Its early i'm pressions may for a time be Ob- scured, but at tests they will again be brought out. All of us grown ups believe things that we know to be untrue merely because they were taught us in our youth. Hence the necessity of proper teaching.
 Not only were the tongues mixed at Babel, but the compelling forces behind the lives were different. We know that there is deal of differ ence betwen tn mercurial tempera- ment of the Southern races and the deliberate temperament of the mn of tn North with their methodical and logical views. We know, too, that, although many of the irritations among nations are caused by trade and ambition, there is also an under lying cause by reason of national temperament which is traceable mostly to blood, but partly to educa- tion. Real pride, I would point out, ought not to be sense of superi- ority, but rather sense of differ ence. As desirable as is the peace of the world, we cannot contend that it is possible or even desirable that all races of the world should think and act alike.
 When I was a boy, seeking the rudiments of an education in what would now be deemed very inferior school, we had very little supple mentary reading in history, yet we accumulated as best we could the clements which went into the mak- ing of the American republic. That incident in the making of America where Nathan Hale expressed his re- gret that he had but one life to give for his country made tre- mendous impression upon us. Then came the reading of Edward Everett Hale's remarkable story, "A Man Without Country" Each one of us knew that the saddest thing in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE.HERALD, S

county, and that arsas of from forty to more than One hundred acres set solid are not uncommon on the coast. One field had three hundred acres st solid to cabbage. Another had up- wards of two hundred acres. Fields of ten to twenty-five acres extend in every direction from the principal shipping centers. Thus it is seen that the loss of cabbage crop is cons siderable item in South Alabama pros psrity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
Suppressing the IIliterate

(Greenyille AdvOcate)
 Many of our citizens are concern ed over the way the mistletoe is be- coming scattered. all over the city and is gradually running Greenville's crowning .glory--its shade trees. Following the mention of this mat ter in the Advocate of last week many have expressed themselves about it and the Advocate has re- ceived many suggestions about the removal of this blight. Mistletoe is a parasite which takes root in the branches of trees and draws its sps- tenance from the tree. It is spread through it's seed. These, when ripe, exude sticky juice and when blown by the wind attach themselves through this juice to other trees. In a few years the mistletoe, once started. will surely kill any tree. It is possible, we understand, for this to be removed by simply cut ting off the mistletoe at this time of the year before it blooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
LARGEST LENS SNAPS STARS.
(P0pular Science Monthlyl

. z, V@ F5VIeIICt MOHUMIy
 one ot the worlds largest came ras was made recently by the United States bureau of standards to pho- togrraph astronomical observations. It IS six feet long, four feet wide and two and a half feet high. It uses plates II to 14 inches. The lens IS said to be the largest photo graphic lens ever manufactured in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
PERSONAL LIBERTY"

Tt is necessary condition of so- cial existence that men should 10. nounce some of their freedom of action. There is no country or na. tion in, which an adult man has ex- elusive possession of himself. In fact. the very existence of society depends on the fact that every nenl- Der of it tdcitly admits that he is not the exclusive possessor of him. self and that he admits the claim of the polity of which he forms a part to act to some extent as his masfern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Played Wrong Cards :. Huntsville Timesl

It is now confidently believed that the power companies have less op- portunity than ever to acquire even a look in on the disposition of Mus cle Shoals. Like unto him who would foul his own nest, the power companies played the wrong cards. They were against the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03

It seems that MT. Ricard regards an eighteen-round prize fight as a better financial investment than & four or five days sparring contest for the presidential nomination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03

(AIeXanUef CIty OuCIOOKJ
 The vets are facing forlorn hope if they ever expect to bring booze back in this country. The big busi- ness usually gets what it wants. There is absolutely no one who can advance any argument favorable to the liquor traffic except for the dollars and cents it brings to those who engage in the traffic, and even that money is taken from some one not able to spend it for that pur- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
, Then, Whom?
(Mobile News-Item)

NAIUDIIt NtWS-ICtmJ As Mir. Taylor did not represent the people of Mobile, or the people Of Alabama, or the administration of which by sanction of his own vote he is the head, the people of Mobile and of Alabama, and his as- sociates in the city government, are pondering, with peculiar unanimity, the question who he represented when he went to Washington to oppose the popular offer for Muscle Shoals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
Room For Improvement (AnuiSton Starl

In many respects Alabama has reason for quite as much confidence III the future as has Georgia, but our hens and our cows are not do- ing so we'll as they might. There IS an awakened interest in this state m poultry and in dairy farming, but it has not reached the proportions that it should. There is still. room flor improvement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03

A Texas contemporary says that to acQuiesce without kicking against taxes "is to invite the politicians to peel the shirts off the peoples backs" :" But the people, unlike the eels which the old woman declared didn't mind being, skinned, "because they done
 got used to it," will never feel com fortable while the process is going on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
Neglecting Valued Product

(Oneonta Southern Democrat)
 What is the most valuable prod net of the farm? Boys and girls, and yet we sometimes give the housing of these farm products less attention while they are being pre- pared for future usefulness than we do the stock on the farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
As to One Term
(SeIma Times-Journal

ISeIma Tlmes-JOurnaIJ
 Senator Underwood is m advocate of single presidential term of six years. the president not being per mitted to succeed himself or to hold the office again. Congfess should submit the question to the people in the form of an amendment to the constitution, if the single term is considered an improvement on the present unwritten law of two terms. There is not great deal of senti- ment existing in behalf of the sug- gested change, but the proposal is well worth the serious and thought ful, consideration of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03

A welfare expert declares that a family of, five, can live on $9.60 a week. He seems to have confounded food and clothing with hopes and ex- peetation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE
(London Opinion

' . NH1UHUUTI OpIHIOHJ =
 The six-wheel ear is coming" says motor expert. The average pedestrian is apathetic. By the time the two front wheels have pass ed over him he is past caring how many more there are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03

London boasts 6 woman who is pe- euliarly sensitive to earthquake shocks. America has many women who are sensitive to social shocks, not only res eoFding, but also transmitting them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
SOCIAL WHIRL IN OZARKS
(White Oak News in Boone County
 Headlight)

There was a dance at Middleton s last "wednesday night which wound up in free for all fight in which three got pretty badly used up. Joe Edmundson got a bad cut in the arm and Floyd Flood of Bergman got hit on the head with rock and a fellow by the name of Ramsey of Bergman got Shot in the leg, but all are reported doing fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03

For the benefit of an inquiring cor respondent, there is no reason to be- iieye that the recent advances in the price of gasoline have any connection with the disclosures at Washington, even though fixers of prices are some times no more conservative than fixers of public officials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
A Fine Bunch
(Eufaula Citizenl

(Eufaula Citizen)
 Barbour county's board of reve- nde is made up of as fine bunch of men as can be found anywhere, and they are going to see that we have better roads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
REAL NEIGHBORLINESs

(Yates Center. Kan, Newg) When man is building a new house ail the neighbors are archi. tects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
Forlorn Hope of Vets
(Alexander City OutlOok)

have been using the hammer quit it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
Appreciates Lee Memorial Editorial Tn fha Edifos. of The no ua.olI.

ApprocI&teS Lo6 MemOfIaI EdlfOriaI To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 Just line in acknowledgement and appreciation of your. editorial this morning in the interest of the Birmingham campaign for the Lee Memorial School of Journalism. It was exactly what we needed, and of course admirably written. With cordial ragerds,
 yERBON E. KEMP,
 Field Secretary. Rirmin rham Ala Ian 21 1904
Evening star., 1924-06-01

Slightly imperfect. Maco Cot
ton Half Hose, in black, white and
plain colors; reinforced heel, toe
and sole. (S)
Evening star., 1924-06-01

Large size (2lx2s-inch) Bed
Pillows, filled with sterilized
curled feathers and covered
with heavyweight art tick
Ing or A. C.. A. stripe ticking.
go
Evening star., 1924-06-01

20 pieces 64-inch Mercerized
Table Damask, assorted neat pat.
terms; good weight for general use.
Slight seconds of tho regular CSC
grade.
Goldenbsrf's-Tirst Floer,
Evening star., 1924-06-01
Slight Irregulars of
$500 and $3.50 Qualities

One of the Challenge Sales greatesi
hosiery values! Women will buy then
by the half-doZen pairs at this sensa'
tionally low price.
Full-fashioned Silk and Fiber (Glos)
Mixed Stockings, with double sole, hee
and toe, and Isle garter top, in black
and a large assortment of desirable
street shades. Also Full-fashioneG
Chiffon Silk Stockings in black only
The imperfections are slight and do not
impair the wearing quality or mar the
appearance. Wonderful values at 85t
pair!
Evening star., 1924-06-01
Children's 39c to 75c Socks, 20c

domestic
fiber silk (glos
All sizes the lot but In
lor and style. All perfect quality
Evening star., 1924-06-01
Women's Lisle Hose, q

Mercerized Hose, made with scanned back,
some with ribbed tops black and cordovan; all
sizes; seconds Of 3oc and Soc grades
, 1924-05-01
P. E. 0, WILL
SPONSOR CHILD'S
CLINIC MAY 9

1t frequently happens that many
children are affected with defects
which are not discovered until the
physical examinations are made. OF
late years much has been made of
the effect defective teeth have on the
general system and many disorders
can frequently be traced to this cause
1t is the belief of health author
tiles that the health of the adult is
determined in infancy. If defects
are present they should be remedied
before constitution is impaired that
poor health in later life may result.
Every child has the right to enter
school free from physical defects and
1t has been established thai a healthy
child learns more easily and quicker
than an undern6urished child or n
that has to overcome physical ILL
ness.
According to statistics furnished
by school authorities more than one
per cent of the pupils have organic
heart LESSONS, s to 10 per cen have
or have had tuberculosis; 20 to 80
per cent have defective vision; s to
s per cent have defective hearing and
SO to SO per cent have defective
teeth while 15 to 35 per cent have
adenoids, infected tonsils or gland
ular defects.
Mothers who desire to have their
children examined should have them
at the Central School Building by
ten o'clock on the morning or by
M O'Clock in the afternoon of May
9th, in order that the work can pro-
coed in an orderly and unhurried
Doctors who specialize in
the various branches Of health work
will make the examinations and
written reports will be kept of all
, 1924-05-01
Former Rawlins Boy
Making Good Record
At a University

The following clipping taken from
will prove Of interest to- the many
friends of Francis Bahan, a former
Rawlins boy and a member Of the
Rawlins High School.
MI. Bahan. who will graduate
from the school of pharmacy
at the Idaho Tech this spring, has
proven to be a brilliant track athlete
as we'll as an excellent student. Ba-
han is a member of the Tech track
team, his events being the long dis
lance runs of one-half to three miles.
The following is the clipping:
A good record was made by Fran
els Bahan yesterday afternoon in the
first annual three mile cross country
run at the Idaho Tech. Bahan fin
ished first with a fast sprint over the
last one hundred yards Of the course,
running the three mile course in
fourteen minutes and fifty-four sec
onds. Boyd Hodson won second
place: time 1901; Kinsey Keveren
took third place; time 1914, and
Walter Giffin finished fourth; time
1857. Burns was the only n OF
the five entries who failed to finish
the three mile curse. He was
from the tape.
The race started and finished at
the south entrance 70 the Tech ath-
letic field. covering a distance of
three miles. At the sound of the
starters gun, Keveren took the lead
and set the pace over the entire
, 1924-05-01
GOLD IS FOUND
UNDER FLOOR OF
CALF. GARAGE

GRASS VALLEY. CALF, APRIL
:O.-When Atherton b. Snyder start
ed TO excavate for an underground
gasoline tank In his garage here he
struck collaborating ore q few feet
below the surface.
Mr.. Snyder had the ore assayed
and found that II contained a con-
siderable quantity OF gold. He kept
going deeper and getting more gold
and reported to the Chester N. Weav-
er Company. Studebaker distributors
AT San Francisco. that between sell
Ing Studebaker cars and mining
gold. he had his hands full. In a ley
weeks. as the shaft sunk deeper his
garage was full. too-full of dirt
from the excavation.
The miners were bringing up so
much ore hat the Snyder service
department was getting too crowded
for comofrt. BY that time. however.
he had taken enough money out OF
the mine to pay for the garage
Sells Underground Rights
But the ~,ongested condition could
not continue. II reached n point
where Snyder had to give up the
mine or give up the garage. Since
80 many Studebakcrs were being
hoiu IN 0Thss NalIey, W.T.. Suyuer oe-
gar to do some figuring.
Studebaker had been doing bust
ness for 72 years. he knew. while his
gold mine might peter out" n
day. lie deliberated on the problem
for . short time and decided to close
up his gold mine and stick to his
Studebakers.
He closed up the shaft leading into
the garage and sold the underground
rights TO . gold mining company
which In now working underneath
the surface Of the garage. But Mr..
Snyder stipulated In his contract
that the mining operations were not
to interfere with his garage business.
When asked II he didn't have diff
flcuty making up his mind to abAn-
don the gold mine. Mr.. Snyder said:
, Not much. Why bother with n
gold mine whom you've such a sub
ntantial business ~ tho contract for
Stndcbnker? A gold mine In a ncklc
thing. uncertain At best. liable To-
quit on you At any time. But SELL
Ing studebakcrs II . sure thing. III
keep my garage" And he has.
, 1924-05-01

DOfH6S 3 ~

week, where he had some dental
work done. She returned on Satur-
day evening.
Fred Bray was the guest of the
folks at the @ ranch for a few days
last week.
We are in receipt OF a letter from
a friend at Deitz who first compli-
mented our Difficulty notes sky high
and said he always read them first,
and told US how he enjoyed them,
ETC., and then he got funny and ask
that we give an intelligent definition
of a husband. Well sir, that sure
got US. We firmly believe that it is
an animal who carries it's wife's let
tiers around in it's pockets for days,
weeks, months and rel years, with
out mailing or delivering them.
There are many other ways by which
they a be recognized. and this is
about the most conspicuous. When
you hear q man telling In an egotistic
manner about some chicken" who
looked at him so admiringly, and
perhaps smiled at him so sweetly
and that he just knows good and
well that he could take her to the
movies any old time that he would
want to, and that she sure would
like him to take her for a ride in
his new car, etc, and then winds
up by calling her a Kitten" a pip
pin" a ia Ia" and other positively
silly names, you can bet you last
dollar hat that guy is someone's
husband. There are several other
certain characteristics pertaining to
the Critters" but these two are
positive.
Miss Susie Cram and her brother
Will Cram we're guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Ramp last
week, and were detained for several
days on account Of high water. They
at last crossed the Little Medicine
river on the ice beneath about three
feet of muddy water. Some joy
ride!
Many of u ranchmen are poi
soning gophers again this spring.
The poisoned oats were furnished
by the Extension Service at the State
University, for about Ice per pound,
and is very effective. when it come
tG killing gophers.
Evan Jones spent Tuesday in Diff
ficulty visiting old friends and en-
joying an outing. He returned to his
home in Hanna hat evening.