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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
CIJRBINC PIsTOL-TOTERs

Wisdom of the policy of imposing heavy sentences upon those found guilty of carrying concealed weapons, is demonstrated in report, from Washington which set forth that such remedial method has done much to decreast the offense in that city. No one who has observed the evils of the concealed d-weapons habit would make bold to defend orsexcuse 1t Those who, without license or legitimate req. son, carry concealed weapons know that they foster possibilities of death or violence by so doing There is nothing which so lends itself to writing the finish to the concealed weapons habit as heavy sentences.
 An incident which occurred in Birmingham some years ago is Illuminating in connection with the spirit behind this vicious practice The situation at that time was menacing. An editor who strongly combated it declared that tt'the man who habitually carries con. cealed weapons is coward" A few days later large fellow with a turbulent reputa- tion accosted him, recalled the pointed state ment, and said 'I want you to know that I habitually carry concealed weapons" True to his conviction, the editor replied "Your attitude proves my assertion. I know that you are armed. You know that am not. Thus. you are undertaking to bluff me. If I, too, were armed, you would not dare make such an attempt. To prove further the truth of my statement, you have not the courage to kill me, though you can do so without any danger of being shot, You have demon strated that you are a coward by confessing that you habitually carry concealed weapons"
 Giving miscellaneous pistol-t0ters the limit of punishment will do much to protect the public from violence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
Ride DtIdley's Rhymes
The Old Guitar

It's standing in the corner there-that lit tie old guitar. For years it hasn't given out a single sweet-toned bar. It's strings have long since rusted off. Of varnish it's most bare. It's been right where it is today since Mary put it there
 She used to sing to ma and me those songs of. long ago, like Annie Laurie" Nellie Cray" Ben Bolt and "Old Black Joe, ' while we would sit before the grate and watch the shadows rise. The good old songs that Mary sang brought moisture to our eyes.
 Now. Mary hasn't sung to us for fifteen years or more, but in our minds her voice rings out as sweetly as before It's standing in the corner there and there we'll let it stay. It's all we've got to comfort us since Mary Nrpnf AWAY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
The Opportunity Is Here

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 Many wise pens and many pens otherwise have expressed their views recently on Ala bama's primary law and Senator Underwood, many of which l have endeavored to read without prejudice. D.,
 The writer is not accustomed to prepare articles for publication hence he takes a seat iA the otherwise" column from the start
 Now, let's discuss the primary law. What type of man composed the present. legislature? Why they are prOhibtiOnists, of course Virtually every one of them had to hold up his hand and take the oath of allegiance tO the cause before they had chance of cleo tion. The legislators passed the primary law in question. When they got back home they found the law was not what the radical ele- ment wanted, and, for the sake of argument, possibly they Overstepped their rights, but from my point of view it seems that the Underwood forces were exceptionally fair in the premises. or in the mixup, if you please to call it. They immediately told us that they were not indulging in any political 'skin-game" and that the prohibitionists could name half of the delegates and even the member on the platform committee. That is more than fifty-fifty, and which is a real characteristic of Mir. Underwoods public ca reer---yet some of us are still bowling!
 Now, I am an Alabamian only by adoption. and I am not an Underwood man through and through, but l am SOutherner, with Southern sympathies, Southern ideas and Southern blood in my veins. Mir Underwood is Southern statesman of the highest type, and is a presidential possibility, from all re- ports reaching this state from other sections of the country.
 expect to lay down my whims and stand for him next Tuesday. if 1 have to shut both eyes and stop both ears to all this lbgh. powered. and necessarily high-priced highly sensational propaganda that is being circu- lated within the state.
 If our "children's children" are to have a Southern man for president, it will be neces- sary for them to lay down their whims and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

and those whe want republic. Greece, dur ing her. long period of history has been a democracy at divers times, but never re- public. Therein some quartersisa prejudice against republic, because, say its opponents, the word is not even in the language. For the matter of that, they might bor- row the word from the Latin as all Republics have done. Inasmuch as the Greeks have never been satisfied for long with either monarchy or democracy, perhaps republic is the very form they need. Surely the fact that they have not tried it is reason for it instead of against it. However the Greeks like to play at government. and perhaps it is just as we'll that they do not hit upon form that is too stable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
WoodroaV Wilson
tRosalie Mercer Montgomery in New York
 World)

(Rosalie Mercier Montgomery in New York
 World) The eagle has passed on into the blue And all the chattering of the sparrows dies. They could not bear to see the eagle rise Beyond the reaches that their small wings
 knew, Above the housetops they could compass too But though they strOve to blind the eagles
 eyes
 With fiutterng wings to stay him with
 their cries. He rose and passed-above, beyond their
 view @ An eagle always is d lonely ,Onci- The far heights call to him and he must go But little birds cannot look onTthe sun. And what an eagle knows they cannot
 know .. When he is gone the small ones know, at
 last. -f4. That there above their head, an eagle passed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

the, comparatively short period for it's de- velopment contributes to the interest in in telligent operation of the industry.
 There is reason to expect development in satsuma culture in Alabama during the in- definite future. The industry invites invest ment, because the returns are generous and certain, under proper cultural conitions. The financial yield per acre is larger than that of any other field orchard crop un- Jess it be oceans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
WOULD BE A CINGH

The American Museumsof Natural History has offered for sale to thelighest bidder one of the fossil dinOsaur eggs found in the Gobi desert The gold brick artist would have little difficulty in promoting a fossil dinosaur farm with the single relic-zL louisville Cou. rier-JourHaI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
NEW INVENTIONS

Spring supports for new baby carrier for automobiles absorb all t." road shocks.
 Hardlylarger than fo in pen a new envelope sealer carries enUu, ,,h water in it's handle for 1000 envelopes
 Two wash tubs, wringer and a clothes basket can be supported securely on a new stand that folds compactly when idle
 Eggs are boiled without the use of water in new electric device for breakfast tables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
KISSES MUST SOUND HTSS1

Why do authors persist in making their characters hiss the unhissable? In recent novel one tells of his heroine hissing, How dare you" Absolutely impOssible It was that the best hissing phrase he knew of was Swiss physicist. ."-Boston TranScrint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
NO. DILUTION

A certain group of older men in a snialI town in Virginia meet quite often and usually have something to drink, states Judge.
 The oldest one was observed to always hold his nose while drinking. One night he was asked why he did it and if he disliked the smell. <, ,s-'4ig T~
 His reply was: If I smell the. stuff it makes my mouth water, and l don't want my drinks diluted with sanything
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

It is stated that for the first time since 1918 many Russians have money in their pockets. The trouble seems to be, however, that the soviet outfit has left little in that country with a market value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

Just as it was gaining popularity right along, the radio is to be widely employed to broadcast the remarks of political spell binders Somebody is always taking the joy out of life. .. .,. al: .aifA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

A scientist says that there isl foundation for the Chinese theory that the seat of the intellect is in the stomach. Perhaps this view is based on the fact that many people think little about anything but eating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

z At New York wedding the bridal couple went down the aisle to the noise of jazz, ln- stead of Lohengrin and Mendelsohn; but it does not necessarily follow that their married life will be correspondingly turbulent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

It is reported that the shah of Persia is freely participating in the gaities of Paris, with no visible concern over the tottering of his throne. Perhaps he subscribes to the gen eral view that the king business is discounted AS a shaky enterprise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
A COLD, COLD DAY IN HISTORY

Weather predicting is vain, but the proph- ecy may be ventured that March Is will be cold day for those who have neglected to send in. their income tax returns.-Boston Transcript
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

There is reason to believe that oil VII have a place in history little less conspicuou tban the position it occupies in finance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
LOOKING FORWARn

Nearly $S.000,0O0,O00 in new life nSur- anee was written in this country last gear That would indicate that the average Ane:i can takes pretty good Squint at the future after all.-I4os Angeles Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

small differences and pull together Why not the present generationy The opportunity is here. Think soberly for minute Surely we are all Alabamians and will stand for the grand old states greatest opportunity in all history! ', c. MCMILLAN. !; Albany Ala. IVA .ss,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

Bryan On Prohibition William Jennings Bryan stated in his. Birmingham speech that prohibition as an issue is here to stay. f that's the case, let's take 1t out of the consti- tuition and have an old-time free-for-all every. time new legislature is elected, instead of these constant piecemeal attempts to raise the skeleton whenan office of some importance ia to be- filled. Brewton Standard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

Fine Pasture District -The grazing rec ords from test pastures for the past two years proves that we. can easily and cheaply make pastures in this section which cannot be equaled in other parts of the United States. aAndalusia Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

Should Enter Politics. and women of talent and ability should enter the field of politics, but many are going to remain on the outside until the stigma is removed from tbe politician Hinder Democrat .Re-' porter '''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

No Cause For DiscOuragement. give up. and decide, this great country is going to the demnition bowwows simply because few prominent officials go crooked. There's q remedy and it is in the nature of a house cleaning. There are a lot of honest people in our government yet, and many of them are efficient and available as public servants.-- Ashland Progress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

Pecan Trees Suggested .-".There seems to be much popular approval of the plan of the American Legion to plant oak trees along head highway Birmingham Age Herald. Trees, any kind of trees, are all right, but why not plant pecan trees ?-Opelika News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
The 4labansa Press
Opinions of Other Icditors

Used To Hard Work. We have been ac- .customed to hard woEk all of our life. Such a thing as a vacation has never appealed to us Sufficient explanation, therefore, as to why we like the busy whirf of life, and in the end we believe we will have lived longer because of the quickened activity. Get the habit, and we believe you will like it, too.-- Huntsville Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

UnderwOOd's Clear. RecOrd-Senator Un. derwoodtis not dodging any important ques- tionS to get votes and heAdoes not hesitate to. score. the Kh KIux Kl6p ons every opportu- iiity' That is his rec6Sds in public life, ana the record of congress will show that he has never hesitated to take b stand and has not made any effort to hide4his opinion or action on any measure before the house or senate.-- . Montgomery Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
POLICE, LIGHTS AND CRIME

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-19
p. S. BURKE WINS
Determined To Capture Prize Fer Fifth
n District

STURKIE, Ala, April 1S.-.In the
greatest met of its kind ever conducted
here z. Is Burke of Coosa County
High school, Rockford, won the de-
cisiOn in the Fifth congressional district
contest of The Age-Herald National
Oratorical Contest. Bennie, Walters
of Southern Industrial institute. Camp
HILL ran a close second. and Sturkie
Consolidated High school came third,
represented by Terrell Clines.
The meeting opened with Ewell w.
Robinson principal of Sturkie Consoli-
dated High school presiding. Judges in
the meet were: Col. Will O. Walton,
solicitor and representative of Cham
bers county; w. y. Fleming, superin-
tendent .Df public instruction in Lee
county, and Miss Ruth Worton, county
home demonstration agent.
Seven counties were represented by
one representative each and the local
auditorium was crowded to its capacity.
Each orator was accompanied by O. dele
CATION from his local school and county.
The presiding officer, Mr.. Robinson,
presented The Age-Heralds gold medal
award, and wished Burke success in his
coming contest Friday night in the state
finals in Birmingham. In his talk, Mr..
Robinson said that although Sturkie
lost, he had won, in that it had cham
pioned great cause, and that this APP
piled also TO the other losing schools.
He congratulated The Age-Herald and
expressed confidence in the fact that
this contest would benefit the Ameri-
can people more than any other en-
deayor that might be undertaken.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-19
SHELTON FUNERAL
HELD AT ALBANY
knights Templar Conduct Serv,
Ice For Departed Editor
Ar,RANy.snNCATIIR a

z ADVANTAGEOUS, Ala, April
49, Business wasf suspended for a
time i'm the Twin-Cities Friday, after
noon while funeral services were held
for Wiiisam randolph shelton, editor
and. founder of the !. Albany Decatur
Daily, and the community united in
paying tribute to the man. Mr.. Shell
ron. died Thursday morning Z in the
Protestant hospital in Nashville. Serv-
ices were conducted at 3 o'clock in the
Central Methodist church by Rev. J..
ID. Hunter; the pastor, after which the
Knights Templar took charge and con-
Quoted brief ceremonies of the, order at
the church and later at the grave.
MIR. shelton was So years of age, and
came here to make his home ID years
age. He was a member of the Method
ist church, the Masonic Order, having
received his templar degree, and Of the
Morgan Kiwanis club. The members
of the latter and knights of this jhris-
,diction attended the services in h body.
River Rising-A stage of IS feet here
is predicted, for the Tennessee river by
Monday night. The following stages
at Tennessee river points were recorded
today: Chattanooga, IA rising, cloudy !;
Bridgeport, 9.5, rising, rainfall, three
inches, cloudy; Guntersville, 1915, ris.
ing. rainfall two inches, cloudys
Push Street Work The reappear.
aIce of fair weather and warm sun.
chine Friday gave great impetus to
the working program on the streets Of
the Twin-Cities. The programs were
gettingf behind schedule on account of
the adverse weather, which has been
encountered during the past two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-19
PLANS ACCEPTED
FOR SELMA YIN. CA.
VIII Be Three Stories High And
OF Spanish Type

SELMA; Ala, April 1S2--f Especial
Leased Wire 1.-The final plans by
William Welton, Birmingham architect,
for three-story Spanish type of build
ing have been accepted by the building
committee Of the Y, NJ e.. A. at a
meeting held Friday morning As soon
as contractors prepare specifications
bids win be requested ..Ss W {.
I. The chairman Of the building com
mittee is Huston Armstrong, president
of City National bank Of Selma.
y. To Fight NalarEa-zIJr. 4. I. Les.
health officer for. Dallas county, con-
ferfed with DIR. lGeorge Hazelhurst,
state sanitary engineer, and DIR. 8. w.
WEIGH, statef health officer in Mont
gomery Thursday, in regard to malaria
control in Dallas county, The sanitary
engineer to take charge of this cam
paign. viii bexsent to Selma in short
time and the actual work of draining,
oiling and inspection of premises will
i.egin.
Gas Case Up-Ag Info,~@s confer
enee was held Friday morning By Frank
Morgan Of the state public service com
mission and e. r.. Russell and Roy
Childers of the city, council Of Selma in
regard to gas rates in Selma. Commits
sioner Morgan stated that the city of
Montgomery had filed a petition for a
similar revision and thatsiIi determining
the Montgomery case Selmh's petition
would be answered.
Judges Office is Robbed Judge
yaughan,s offices in the court house
were eptered early Friday morning and
$21 in cash stolen Entrance was made
through a. window. Checks and vaiu-
able papers were scattered about and
the only clue is footprints which shows
the time to have been after the hard
rain at 8 80 a. m.
Cotton Outlook Bad. ~. H. sMcC ulley,
field agent for the Cotton Association
of Alabama w. o. Winston, district
extension agent. and T, "A Sims. state
club agent, paid visit to the Dallas
county farm. bureau on. Friday. They
say that the outlook for cotton. this
year is discouraging on account of late
Ilantifns AS ~ ~ ~ ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-19
ABILITY DISPLAYED
By NEGRO STUDENTS
More Than 1000 Persons See
Play By Councill School Cast

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ssuusnes 81 ntate Agr,caltural ana
|siscl'aalca. ins.ltuee; OF, Normai, Aia',
IcVlli NJ Ahowh as ehe So9nc.i ocnooi
~ Aesroes, scored e qecined s success Is
,,uay evening s "neh-sney pfesensed =
ERsnt;st cbnrnb Taa Ma - ..Isaoa naes I
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Lonal d;rest,a,, ~ p,nf NY SnIh, r
- = $500 =,
Eacn OF Ine n members 2. the cast
snowed marked AFFINITY, and the smooth
manner y. IN when Ihe presenta,lon was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-19
CONTEST POSTPONED
Mobile Event Is Set For Next Tuesday
Night

MOBILE, Ala, April 1S-(Special
Leased Wire.l-SDue to the fact that to-
day is Good Friday and numbers of peo-
pie desire to attend church, services, the
oratofical contest scheduled to take
place tenight has been postponed until
next Tuesday night. The contest will
take place on that date in the Battle
House auditorium at s o'clock.
I An excellent program is under prepa-
ration and in addition to the addresses
Of the four high school contestants there
will be music and addresses by promi-
nent educators. "
Four students will take part in the
contest, representatives of the Barton
High school. Spring Hill High, Citro-
nellie High and Grand Bay High. The
representatives of the first three schools
are boys while Grand Bay will send a
young lady to represent that school. The
contest is being staged under the aus
pices of the Register in cooperation
with leading newspapers throughout
the country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-19
$4,000 HIGHWAY
BOND ISSUE URGED
First Meeting In Cam
paign Will Be Held
Saturday
Tuscaloosa Bureau)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, April Is
The campaign in. the interest of carry
ing the good roads bond election May
10, to issue 100000 of bonds for hard
surfacing main road in the county
with state and federal aid, will be
opened Saturday at noon with: lunch
con at Terrace garden. Invitations to
1875 prominent farmers have been sent
out to attend the luncheon to hear ex-
preston from them relative to the bond
issue. J. Manly Foster, who visited
Missouri and Illinois to study road
problems, gave an account of his obser-
yations on the subject.
To Lose Game Warden Tuscaloosa
county will lose its game warden May
I, according to information reaching
this city. This follows the announce
ment from Montgomery that number
of the game wardens in the: state would
be- dispensed with, with the object of
economy in view.
Cake Baking Contest--The Alabama
Power company has put on a cake
baking contest in this city and the lady
baking the best cake. win be the win
ner. The contest is aifree-for-all affair
and the award will be made April %.
The winner in the local contest will be
sent Ito MONTGOMERY, to enter the state
baking contest
Examinations Set-State teacher ex-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-19
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