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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
t\HAI!oELAL 1 0CAPITAIN fS

When Democrats are IT Rowp tbs South fs the strongest sect'on in iegislativs circles.
 That is due to the fact that tne South has kept its men m COIL press wherein the North ana We have been unable to retain Dsmos crsts for many consecutive yeara
 As result. those who have tne r.d .hirt nave an opportunity to tell the prejudiced that the sou.n ia in the saddle" that thoso n who tried in 1881 to destroy ths government are now In charge or the government. K
 sectionalism dies surely. It n said. but 1t is not denied that 1t dies slowly-hard. It has been proved almost impossible for the Democrats to elect q president after the South has been In the saddle"
 The Democrats will nrobabiy win both houses this year. It appears almost certain that they will carry the senate. In that event Harris of Georgia. will be chairman of the appropriations committee; Underwood of Alabama of the rules committee, unless he becomes president; Smith or South Carolina of the interstate committee: Ransdsll of Louisiana of tho agricultural comm1ttes: Simmons of North Carolina or finance; Overman of North Caro- lima of the judiciary committee; Swanson of Virginia of the naval affairs committee. and Fletcher or Florida of the military affairs committee.
 There would not bs very much left for the west and East, 1t Is readily discerned.
 Tn the house the situation would be equally as onesided. Byrns of Tennessee would be chairman of the appropriations committee; Brand of Georgia would be chair man of the education committee, Stedman of North Carolina would be chairman of the foreign affairs committee; Quin of Mississippi would be chairman of the, com mittee on military affairs; vinson of Georgia would be chairman of the committee on naval affairs; i; Bell of Georgia would be chairman of the committee on public build- ings and grounds; Dupre of Louis- lana would be chairman of the committee on rivers and harbors; Doughton of North Carolina would De chairman of the committee on roads: Pou of North .-, Carolina would be chairman of the oom- mittee on rules; Garner of Texas would be chairman of the ways and means committee.
 l. And, of course. Garrett of Ten nessee would be chosen speaker of the house. The South would be in "the sad-' dle." But the result in. Legislation would be good. 5 t
 At the same time, the fact that the South's dominance might again initiate against the party at the polls thereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
THE TRAIL or RUIN
(Frairie FarmeP)

Chick Evans. champion softer. is bankrupt to the tune oe ooute- thing over $200.000. The cause Is speculation, and sa considerable share of the specuiating. accord ing to feports. was done on the Chicago Board of Trade.
 "The most efficient marketing machine in the world" is founded on hum an misery. Broken homes. closed banks, ruined for tunes and reputatiohs. suicides and are some of the re- suits of gambling in grain.
 Surely we can find . better way than thatl Y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Courts Need Speeding

gy 4 k0hoS4ou 4ltAoS-NeW0b
 If the fact is recognised tho& eA0 two. races cannot mingle oN an equal plane and the sincere ef- forts to better the condition of the negro and to bring about bet ter understanding between the two races Is continued. there is only one other thing left which works against the stamping out of the lynching evil. That is the slow ness of the courts. Slow court action is not really an excuse which would justify iynchinS. yet 1t is the reason given in many lynching cases. Speeding un the courts and taking lsgal asllBh where crimes are charged will do much to stop Illegal action in the form of lynching.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
THE ALABAMA PRESS
The scason to Move

Just at this season the custom is to move" Yes. take out the goods in the rain. and light out with the women. children, dogs and things" for the new home for next year. In most places the year limit has been changed to September 1. Not so in these parts. and the wonder is that more do not die of the flu. pneumonia and everything else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

into the minds of the young in order that they may become the right kind' of citizens is correct, then might not some plan for the teaching of certain broad prin- ciples in the public schools of AMerica be devisedf
 whether we be Catholics or Protestants, surely there are some things upon which we agree with reference to morals and religion.
 The Protestants who broke off from the Catholic church did not repudiate everything that church stood for. and no good Catholic. while doubting the salvation of the Protestant, would dispute some things in the Protestant faith. Therefore, if this spiritual iin- pulse which is manifesting itself In the-lives and thoughts of so many people is not merely Q mo- mentary phase of ccnversatio is to prove a permanent conv
 then why should not conserv.
 men representing all phases of iigious thought come, together. ex- anime the sacred writings of all churches. select those passages from the Holy Bible which are ap- proved by the common consent of all. incorporate them into . printed volume and present tt for the ap- proval of ohurch and state of- ficials with q view to its adop- tion for reading without comment in all the public schools.
 
 There remains the question of morals which is allied. with re- ngion. It must not be forgotten that many of tho basic documents of the republic and many utter ances of the fathers cali attention to the fact that religion and mo- rality are essential to the main tenance of free institutions. Nor ais and the principles of morality can be disassociated from religion. so surely theologians and states men could at least get together and prepare without religious bias c code of morals which would promote good citizenship and therefort good government. If we are to teach a child nothing about right we have no reason to com plain when the child goes wrong. It Is not it's fault: 1t Is our neg feet. A standard text book upon morals might with great propriety and infinite possibilities of good be introduced into our public school system.
 lCopSright, 1924, by Twenty-first Century Press)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Roads Bring. Business (AuuistonNSta

Anniston must have good roads leading out into every community and every county from which her merchants draw trade. For two years Anniston's commercial or ganizations and Anniston's mer. chants have been energeticaiiy working to build up the country trade of this city and the result has been gratifying. Despite the handicap of poor roads. Anniston has extended its trade territory in every directions and now this city is the market for a greater mum Der of people from this and other counties than at any previous time in its history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Did Good Service

l(Livingston Southern Honey
 Much credit is due the Mobile Register for the liquor "clean-up" now under way in that city and county. The Register has agitated the matter for some time and en- deavored to get the city authorf- ties to put the work Under way. but failed in that. and now the federal investigation Is taking in some of the city and county of- ficers as pals of the bootleggers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Paved Highway a Relief
(Florence Daily News)

(FIOrenc0 Daily NeWs1 '
 And what a relief it must be to the farmer who lives~on a mud road to strike the improved high way on his way down town! To be sure, there aren't many to strike, and most of them are in poor condition at this time. but even at that we know they are boulevards just now compared to the road which merely winds along the best grade with no pretense at grade or drainage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
IS BRANDON NOT RESPONSIBLE

IS BRANDON NOT RESPONSIBLE? !?
 There is strong reason for believing
 that those high in executive authority
 are in great measure to be charged
 with responsibility for lawlessness. This is not because of any pardcipa'
 ton in lawlessness by such executives,
 but in consequence of their official at-
 titude and demeanor. Several weeks
 ago Governor Brandon granted pa
 role to one Frank J. Levene of Mo-
 bile. sentenced for violation of the
 prohibition statutes. In spite of the
 fact that the sentence of Mir. l.evene
 had been upheld by the courts through
 successive appealA until finally it was
 affirmed by the supreme court itself,
 the governor of Alabama, in response
 to political pressure from Mobile, is- sued the parole and by one arbitrary
 stroke nullified all the costly and
 painstaking court processes. This in .,pite of tine fact hat the defendant in the case had been frequently cited for similar. violations previously.
 During the recent federal seizures in Mobile, this same Frank J. Levene was arrested and indicted on charges of violating the federal statutes pro- hibiting traffic in alcoholic liquors
 Governor Brandon was thus forced to revoke his parole and send him to the peuitentiary. The question strongly obtrudes itself in the public mind whether 8 governor, by Issuing pa- roles before sentence is begun and where guilt is plainly established by elaborate trials, does not in effect condone crime and put the paroled one on notice that his offense is venial
 Does it not appear to the thinking Cit-. izen that such a parole Is an apology fo1 the law itself? Does not gov
 ernor, in granting an unearned and
 undeserved parole in reality say to the convicted one that the law is wrong and punishment for its violation Is wrong? Does . governor who grants parole under such conditions not act so as actually to encourage the viola ton of law and the development of such situations as tho federal investi- gation at Mobile has revealedf
 Was not the effect of Governor Brandon's parole of Frank J. Levene such as to encourage MT. Levene and others III Mobile to continue their vio- lation of law for their own profit? Us not the failure of Governor Bran- don to order any state inquiry into the conduct of officers of the law and public officials in Mobile and Mobile county to be interpreted as condoning sthe manifest wrong-doing that federal 9activity and grand jury inquiry have ,sbrought to light? Has the governor Fof Alabama aligned himself foursquare son the side of law and order in Ala .3bama; or has the governor of Ala sbama by his official indifference not $acquiesced in the organized violation Sof law in Mobile and elsewhere Throughout Alabama7 Who Is there athat can absolve Governor Brandon -entirely from responsibility for, the that came to such start ling climax in Mobile, wherein was revealed such wholesale contempt for Jaw and official duty? The law will be enforced and obeyed only when sthose high in executive position take sssthe right attitude towards law enforce ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

Some of the bootleggers declare that there is nothing so uncertain as the law. How about the stuff they dis tribute?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

The merits of a political progressive seem to depend on which way he progresses, and whether he progresses fast enough to avoid being overtaken by some other progressive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

Alabama put out some constructive advertising about herself by going through the past year without a lynching.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

Young MT. Woods sudden rise to pecuniary affluence. appears to have caused more commotion in political circles than at financial headouarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

ways. But we might as we'll facs the unwelcome truth now as some other time. The state highway Is not holding up in Walker. It is breaking down under heavy traf- fic, and capable engineers say that 1t will cost $1.oo0 per mile annual ly to keep it up. Unfortunately, our road problem in walker is complicated by peculiar soil dif-I faculties. Perhaps 1t will cost less to maintain highways in other counties than 1t does in walker. But costs are going. to shoot far above first estimates. The state highway department ought to make public an itemised statement showing receipts and disburse- ments' of road funds. Let the peo. pie know where we are Eat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Roads Giving Away

(Jasper Mountain Eagle)
 What about the state highways that have been built and are being built in Alabama with, the bond Issue money? This question dis Quiets some who demand "con- structive" comment only when anything is said about our high
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
OutIaok For Truessins (AndaIiiaia Sfarl

We believe that truck farnaing in this section, if gone into on a large scale so that we could get the advantage of carload freight rates, would bring fineS, returns. True. we win have some freezing weather, but there. are many months. at least ten months in the year. in this section in which there are no freezes. Last winter there was only one or two killing frosts. This year there has been much rain. but very little cold SO far. ,s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

Soon party keynotes will be sound ing, with party leaders striving to har- monize the discords.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
CITIES CROW ExTRAVAGANT

within their incomes, and, with few exceptions, are increasing their per capita indebtedness, ii the substance of disconcerting reports from the gov- ernment bureau of statistics. Not only are the 261 cities having a popu- lation of 30,000 or more living beyond their incomes, but most of them are steadily increasing their per capita tax burdens. The tendency is towards ex- travagance, with little serious thought of future conditions or burdens. The figures, as recently published in The Age-Herald, show that as a rule the larger cities with 300,0o0 or more pop ulation are, piling up future public ob. ligations faster than the smaller mu- nicipalities. This may mean both that municipal needs are cumulative and that bond issues breed bond issues. Some of the expenditure is fully justi- fled, and some is doubtless wasted.
 In the figures given it is shown that the cities with more than 100000 pop ulation and having the highest per capita revenue and tax receipts were Seattle, Boston, Los Angeles and New York. Politics in these cities is known to be especially active, and hence the per capita cost of municipal govern ment was kept well up with the avail able revenues, and in most of them was carried beyond the receipts. The four cities with the lowest per capita revenues were, in their order, Nash vile, San Antonio, Reading and Bir- mingham, the last named showing the lowest per capita revenue of all cities in the United States in it's class.
 Two facts stand out on an analysis of the figures. First, that per capita costs for maintenance and operation of general departments were the prin- cipal item of expense; second, that mu- nicipal expenditures are rapidly in- creasing, and that total net indebted ness of the 261 cities included in the report has been heavily advancing un- til it reached $3,61s, ,967, ,272, or $93.42 per capita at the close of the fiscal year 1922. This has materially in- creased since then, and, through the practice of issuing tax-exempt securi- ties with corresponding tendency to- wards extravagance, municipal burdens are assuming alarming proportions.
 There must be reckoning sooner or later, and at the present rate of procedure, sooner. The situatioa would not be so bad if the people were receiving proper returns for their taxes. The complaint of uneconomical administration is increasing nearly everywhere. Two remedies are open to the burden bearers-one, the cleo tion to positions of trust in the public service of men who have the desire and capacity to administer the public revenues economically and efficiently; another, a determination to establish and maintain sinking funds out of reg ular receipts and bearing interest, with which to take care of emergencies and to provide for needful permanent im- provements. Until these two safe guards against municipal extravaganza are adopted, the peoples burdens will continue to increase under the short sighted policy of piling up bond issues without due safeguards or provision for their payment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
AsJto Taxing Bachelors

The last legislature. in casting about for subjects for taxation In Alabama, missed splendid chance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
knew" And the receiyer W

onto the hook with a bang,
 My friend hung up slowly and thoughtfully. Then he grinned. "I guess perhaps she's right at that" he said. And he sent her a check for ten dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
IRISH DISCOVERED AMERICAN
Old Maps Show Eastern Coast Onct
 Known As "Ireland The Greake

Old Maps Show Eastern Coast Once
 Known As Ireland The Great"
 While Columbus is usually credited with the discovery of America, it is cer- tain that Cabot, sailing out of Bristol, beat him to the mainland, and it has also been claimed that the Norsemen, sailing via Greenland, had reached the American coast some centuries before that.
 A new theory to the effect, that 1t was the Irish who discovered America, has now, however, been advanced by Fatber Deyine, Canadian antiquarian, and Monsignor Evers of New York.
 According to Father Devine, maps re- gently discovered<in the Vatican show chat the whole coast of North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida, was known as Ireland the Great in the year 1000. Monsignor Evers, also passing himself on Vatican records, ascribes the discov- cry of the New World to St. Brendan, the navigator, an Irish bishop of the ninth century, who, he says, passed down the New England coast as far as Delaware in the course of mission ary voyage.
 Supporters of the new theory also point to the similarity of the famous Round Towers at Newport to the ancient towers in Ireland.--Answers, London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

the guestof relatives, including Miss Rebeckah Frazier and Mrs. B. NJ. Ivy, left this morning for her home.
 Miss Cecilia Cohn, one of the young Judson debaters, has returned from a visit to Chattanooga.
 Mir. and Mrs. NJ. P. Gillian of Ma con, Ga, are visiting Mrs. H. J. Gillian. Mrs. Harold Samson returned Thurs day from stay at Atlantic City.
 
 Mrs. Jesse Chantz and daughter. Miss Jessie Chantz, and niece, Miss Mary Wood Cowan of Inglenook are visiting relatives and friends in Richmond, Va. Mrs. Carl Sheppard and daughters, Miss Louise and Miss Lila James Shep- pard, are visiting reatives and friends in Richmond, Va.
 Mrs. Annie Carney left Saturday for New York to be absent two weeks. Mrs. Frank Grider, Mrs. David Cald- we'll and Miss LeAIay Caldwell returned Saturday from a tour of the west, hay ing been gone six weeks.
 
 Dr. Frank c. Wilson will arrive the middle of the week from Baltimore to make his future home in Birmingham.
 
 Col. and Mrs. Alexander Garber are leaving this week for a stay at Tate Springs.
 Master Dudley Casey, who has been the guest of his aunt, Mrs. NJ. Watson, has returned to his home in Laurel, Miss.
 Miss Pearl Casey has returned from Anniston, where she spent the past two weeks, the guest of her brother, H. H Witt.
 Mrs. Mamye Watson left Friday to spend several weeks in Chicago, Duluth Minn., and points in Michigan.
 Misses S. E. and Marine Brown have returned to their home in Tusca. loosa after a delightful visit with their relatives, Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Lee Oi Arlington Place.
 Mir. and Mrs. Stanley Bates Slater and daughter, Elizabeth, are leaving soon to spend the month of August in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
MIR. LEVY TO CONDUCT GLASSES

The most important musical event of the summer will be the master class, held by Ellis Levy, one of the most eminent violinists of St. Louis and di- rector of the largest violin school there. This school will begin it's fourteenth season in the fall. The splendid results shown in the performance of the pupils have attracted national interest. Many of the students have accepted positions in orchestras and colleges throughout the country. Pupils from Oklahoma, Illinois. Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, In- diana, Wisconsin, New York, Louisiana, Wyoming and Alabama have studied with Mir. Levy at various times during his pedagogical career. Mi. Levy. while in Birmingham, is offering a free scholarship to the most deserving and talented violin student of this city. The contest for this scholarship will be held at 4 o'clock on Monday, August II, at Cable hall. Besides his work as a teacher of violin, Mir. Levy will play sonatas for violin and piano with pianists.
 Edna Gockel Gussen, director of the Birmingham Conservatory of Music, un- der whose auspices Mir. Levy is being brought here, will present Mir. Levy in recital in September.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
MISS CONNORS ATTENDING ATLANTA HOUSE PARTY

Miss Nancy Carr and Mir. Albert Howell are entertaining at a house party at the home of their parents, Mir. and Mrs. Clark Howell, Sr, on Wesley road.
 The guests are Miss Charlotte Mil. stead of Charlotte, N. O.; Miss Ade- laide Douglas, of Winston- Salem, who win arrive Thursday; Miss Josephine Connors, of Birmingham, who will ar rive Saturday, and Mir. Elliott Heath and Mir. Henry North, both of Au- gusta, Ga.
 Many social affairs are being planned in honor of these attractive visitors.
 Thursday evening MT. and Mrs. Clark Howell, Sr., will entertain at the Capi- tai City club dinner dance. The guests will include the members of the house party.
 Friday Miss Nancy Carr will en- tertain at a luncheon at 80 at the Piedmont Driving club in honor of Miss Charlotte Milstead and Miss Adelaide Douglas. Covers will be laid for fifteen.
 Saturday evening, Miss Nancy Carr and Mir. Albert Howell will entertain at the Piedmont Driving club dinner dance in honor of Miss Charlotte Mil stead, Miss Adelaide Douglas, Miss Josephine Connors, Mir. Elliott Heath and Mir. Henry North.-Atlanta Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

Atlantic City and New York. En route home they will visit Mrs. Skaters niece, Mrs. John Billings in Cincinnati.
 
 Mrs. Amelia Crime and daughter, Minna, of Dothan, Ala, who have been the guests of Mrs. Morris Friedman in Tuscaloosa for the past few days, have arrived to be the guests of Mir. and Mrs Meyer Levine and family at 1406 Sev- enteenth street, south.
 Mrs. Fay Miles Benton left Saturday for New York, where she will spend two weeks with her sister, Miss Myrtle Miles.
 Miss Katherine Mckay of Mobile is visiting Mrs. Charles H. Burkett at 1917 Nineteenth street, south.
 
 Miss Amelia Crime of Albany, Ga, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. H. M. Levine in the Altamont apartments.
 
 Miss Katherine Smith has returned home after a visit of two weeks at the Great Lakes.
 OdLuo nave DcclA TGCGINSQ rom MrS. J. D. Carlisle telling of a wonderful trip through California, Texas and old Mexico.
 Miss Evelyn Ford who has been the lovely guest of Miss Jedy Duncan in Owenton for the past three weeks, has returned to her home in Hartselle, Alabama.
 
 Mrs. J.. W. Hicks of Greenville, S. C., and Mrs. G. E. Edwards of Orangeburg,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
'le ALUNTNA, VISITS
 ALABAMA COLLEGE

Montevallo, on July 26, Mrs. T. B. Hubbard, formerly Gypsy Smith, of Opp, came to Alabama college for a few. days visit. Mrs. Hubbard, second vice president of the Alabama College Alumnae association, spent great DOT tion of her time in Montevallo in the interest of the association. She and Miss Minnie Sellers, president, dis cussed informally plans for the present year. Together, they examined the rec ords and files being begun in the office of the association.
 Mrs. Hubbard is membyt of tie '16 graduating class of the college. While student she was a very popular and able leader. Besides being president of the senior class, she took an active interest in the Y. ". c. A. and her club, the Castalian. She is now a most enthusiastic worker in both the literary and social clubs and very loyal mem. Der of her college alumnae association