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OF ALABAMA.
| COOUDGE’S VICTORY CELEBRATED
The managers of the campaign for the
nomination of President Coolidge are al
p: ready holding their celebration in Wash
?! lagtou. While the jollification may be
considered premature, yet they have an
|i apparently substantial baais for their
is confidence that Coolidge has won the con
ic; test within the Republican Party for re
|| nomination.
They claim that President Coolidge will
gs have forty ot fifty more delegates than
I' are required to nominate him on the first
ballot by the end of the primaries which
are to be held in the month of April. Ac
> oording to his managers, he has already
I; many delegates and with the primaries
|f in Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska, New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania, exclusive of the dele
gates who will come to him through State
conventions he will command 690 dele
gates while 666 delegates are necessary
t to a choice. —
Yfi The Coolidge keynote speech was de
pi lhrered yesterday at Portland, Me. by
p Senator George Whs ton Pepper of Penn
| eylvania. This administration keynote
speech has been approved by President
Coolidge himself. Senator Pepper out
- lined the offensive policy of the admini
| Stratton. Ha has come to be recognised
&> as one of the party leaders. He enjoys
the utmost confidence of President Cool
idge and what he said might be easily
taken for the thought of the President,
if Nicholas Longworth, the Ohio congress
f man and Ex-President Roosevelt’s son-in
law, is another recognised party leader
I’ who is planning to leave the trenches and
push the fight into the open country. He
will make severer speeches, the chief of
which will be before the Republican wom
en of Pennsylvania.
He will not touch upon recent develop
ments but most of his argument will be
pf devoted to taxation and legislative mat
ters.
Then two other party leaders, Repre
tentative Theodore Burton and Senator
Fees, both of Ohio, will go into their own
jpV State and make speeches for the renomi
nation of President Coolidge.
The first primary held In April was
that of Michigan which is the State of
If Senator LaFollette and which was car
11 ried by him. But LaFollette is not a
| serious candidate for the nomination. He
If; was unwilling to allow the use of his
Iff name and only uses it to hold the pro
11 gressive sentiment in'line. Outside of
/ Michigan and two or three States of the
radical northwest he has no potential
if-; strength as a presidential candidate.
The other primaries and the number of
■|t delegates from each State, all claimed for
Coolidge are:
yv April 7, Michigan 83.
April 8, Illinois'8.
fig! April 9, Nebraska 13.
§jj| ' April 22, New Jersey 31.
fe “ Pennsylvania 79.
'll,- April 29, Massachusetts 79.
|P April 29, Ohio 61.
fr There is only one open and active con
tender in the field, Senator Hiram John
son of California. All reports go to
show that Senator Johnson will not wage
: a serious Contest in any of the primaries
, ■ outside of his own State of California.
So the Coolidge managers think that the
V* fight is over and that by the first of May
the President can confidently count upon
' fifty more delegates, than will make a
majority of the convention.'
CHINA'S WANT OF CATTLE
Waat’s the matter with China? It
j'i would take all of the apace of one issue
eK of this, newspaper to give a complete an
swer, and a greater historian and philos
^ ophar thill we to do it. But there is
t one thing which we auspect holds the
Chinese back, and that is they are not
milk-drinkers and beef eaters.
A contemporary states that there are
only 22,000,000 cattle of all varieties in
China. Twenty-two million cattle for
more than 400,000,000 people!
George Bernard Shaw does not feel that
he can afford to be right about anything.
Hence his recent pronunciamento that all
warlike peoples are vegetariuns. The days
are stOl too short to go far into that ques
> tion, but obviously all vegetarians—no
tably the Chinese—are not warlike.
The Chinese are not spirited, but a
sensible change of diet might make them
so. One who has dined well on dairy
products and beef—if he has dined mod
erately—Immediately feels a mighty sense
of spiritedness and aggressiveness welling
up in him. He feels alert and ready for
action. One in this mood need not neces
sarily fight. There are other fields of
action open to the ready man.
Babe Buth resumes his poet as oourt
down to the American people.
' Persimmon bark slips off easily now
that April’s here.
Who remembers George B. Cortelyou
and WBUem Lost?
nuMCsroN and stoni mountain
MEMORIAL
The National Alumni Association of
Princeton University donates $1,000 to
the Confederate Memorial Association.
Hie gift is to bo used to complete the
intone Mountain Memorial.
The gift is intended also as a memorial
to the Princeton men who gave their Urea
in the War Between the States. It ie
said that Princeton suffered in that war
more than any other college in the United
States, since her student body was almost
equally divided between North and South.
It is remarked upon as a strange coinci
dence that exactly the same number of
Princeton men died fighting for both sides.
The donation is made also in special
memory, of the late Samuel N. Inman, of
Atlanta, a member of the class Of 186S,
who left college at the outbreak of the
war to -enlist in the Confederate army.
An officer of the AlumnUAssociation,
in a public statement, says:
Ths sum Itself Is Inconsiderable, but
It Is Important as a symbol that the
time has come when Prlnoeton rscog
nlzes equally her sons who fought and
laid down their lives for their rights
under the Constitution In a war whieh
finally cemented the Union and Is now
recognized by the descendants of these
same soldiers as having been a neces
sary stage In our progress to our pres
ent Idea of a nation one and Indissol
uble, which Is as strong now In the
South as In the North.
It seems particularly appropriate that
Princeton should contribute to this
mapument, since Its central figure Is
Robert B. Lee. himself a West Point
graduate and one of the highest types
of American. He emancipated his slaves
before the war began. He was the son
of the famous graduate of Princeton.
Llghthorse Harry Lee of the class of
1T73 and his mother was the daughter
of the foster son of George Washing
ton—George Washington Park Custls,
who had also been a student at Prince
ton.
This is u very handsome flourish by
the former students of Princeton, which
before the War Between the States was
more popular among Southern people than
any other Northern college. More of our
young men attended Princeton than any
other college of the North, all of which
we had known before. But it comes as
somewhat of a surprise to learn that there
were as many Southerners as Northerners
at Princeton at the outbreak of the war,
and that an exact number of~Confederate
and Union Alumni were killed in that
struggle.
HOKUM—THAT'S ALL
The valued Mr. Brisbane says in Mr.
Hearst’a 20 newspapers, and in numerous
other dailies not yet owned by Mr. Hearst:
You' may writ* this down on your tab
lets of prophesy:
If there were eny real probability of
capital being conscripted, along with
men, for government use In the next
war. that war would be postponed In
definitely.
The real bosses would Bee to that.
The war In which little fellows lose
their lives, at ISO a month, and big fel
lows double their profits Is the war that
will last
If that M meant as another apology by
an American for the decision of the
United States to resist the war which
Germany was making upon Americans, it
should be labeled as such and not dis
-guised as a .broad sociological and politi
cal generalization.
Those who would apologize to Germany
for what America did to it, find it hard
to forgive the United States government
for not wrecking the economic machinery
of America when the $30-a-month boys
were at the front.
The answer to the current sophistry,
accepted by many sincere and well-mean
ing people, that “capital" should be “con
scripted” in the next war, along with the
nation’s man power, is that capital was
conscripted in the last war.
The Government took all the money it
needed.. In fact it is still taking what
money is needed to clean up the hang-over
of debt caused by the war. The govern
ment took all the men it needed, and left
the others at home to carry on the af
fairs of the nation at a time when not to
have carried on home affairs would have
been disastrous to the civilized world.
The government, being neither idiotic
nor malicious, did not take any more men
than it needed, and it did not take any
more money than it needed, to fight the
war.
There was no good reason for seizing
more men or wealth than was necessary.
Indeed it would have been ruinous to the
country to have adopted a punitive policy
in regard to the economic fabric of the
nation. It was as much the duty of
government to keep the country prosper
ous, as long as possible, as it was to take
what money and supplies it needed to sup
port the army and navy. There is nothing
of high morality in the idea that we
should wilfully return our fighting men
to a ruined country. That could only
make it harder for them to re-establish
themselves.
Finally, rich Americans did not cause
us to go to war with Germany. Probably
of all classes they most dreaded the pros
pect of war. Their sons were less likely
to be exempt from service, and as a class
they stood to lose more money by war
than by peace.
It was the Germans, and nobody else,
who forced America into the war.
LUXURIES
Once a year the Treasury' Department
publishes statistics on the consumption of
candy, chewing gum, tobacco, etc., that
grea^ly^ exercise idle critic* and moralists
who argtfl* that the money thus spent is
wasted. But nothing ever comes of the
outcries.
You see, critics and observers them
selves are among the consumers of these
luxuries, and so their outcries are not to
be taken seriously. Why shouldn’t people
buy luxuries if they want to, and have
the money? Should civilized people be
content with raw necessities? Is it sin
ful to crave charm and comfort?
Plow, boy, plow!
Georgia Is a better judge of prize fight
ers than of Presidential candidates.
Most public officials are still honest.
Don’t lose faith In your fellows yet
a whOe.
SETTING UP THE GERMAN THRONE
AGAIN
It k no hum to b* a monarchist la
Germany and a man dooa not break the
law much whoa he starts a revolution.
Now property speaking a revolution Is
the same enterprise that it is la say ether
country. But la Germany, a resolution
is merely an attempt to overturn the gov
ernment by some popular man, who might
or might not be mistaken. Bavaria, a
part of Germany, was enlivened by an
unsuccessful revolution which was called
the "beer cellar" revolution. It was an
attempt to put some member of the Ho
henzollern family back on the throne and
to put Germany again under a monarch.
The promoter of the revolution summoned
to their aid Ludendroff, the popular mill
tary hero of Germany. All the conspira
tors were brought to trial for treason.
Just how Ludendroff was involved la the
revolution was not made clear at the trial.
But the populace gave the General a
warm and enthusiastic ovation when he
made his defense and thousands of them
accompanied his automobile home when h«
left the court room a free man, cheering
every step of the Way.
Von hitler, who. has been a govern
ment official under the republic was tried
as the cornerstone of the revolution. He
was given a short sentence to prison.
Many other officials and army officers
were tried with him. Some were sub
jected to small fines. Many were acquit
ted. Did any part of the German popu
lation rise and denounce the trial and the
verdicts as a ditortion of justice? They
did not. Any revolution to overturn the
republic and substitute the monarch eeems
to be a popular undertaking.
The People’s Party, a strong political
organization, wrote Into its election plat
form, thiB declaration. "The People’s
Party hopes for a revival of German
might and greatness under a German
people’s kaiserdom."
The Nationalist Party, a strong politi
cal organization, had previously adopted a
plan in its platform, declaring for a res
toration of the monarchy and as a party
it has given continued support to the
restoration of the monarchy. In the light
of all this, an American observer In Berlin
cables his paper that the German throne
may be restored as a popular move. He
says that the sentiment in Germany has
swung to a restoration of the monarchy,
but on the basis of a modified monarchy
as in Great Britain.
The question was put up to the German
Crown Prince, who recently returned to
Germany from exile. A telegram was
sent him asking how he felt as to the plat
form adopted by both the People’s Party
and the Nationalists Party, declaring for
a return of the monarchy, and asking him
also if he would accept the position of
kaiser if the nation demanded it.' His
adjutant answered the question for him
in these words:
The Crown Prlnoe regrets that he Is
unable to meet your wishes tor a reply.
It was an evasive reply, worthy of an
American politician. It will be noted that
he is still the Crown Prince and although
he is yet a country gentleman living at
Oesels, he Is nevertheless vitally inter
ested in German politics.
It is also recalled that Von Stresseraan
the leader of the people’s power was in
power at the time of his return and that
he permitted and connived at the returns.
The German revolution which followed
the collapse of the German armies in 1918
and which set up a republican form of
government has always seemed an insin
cere and incomplete thing. As time
passed the outside nations have come
more and more to believe that4 the Ger
man people are monarchists at heart And
what can the allied nations do if the popu
lar voice of the German people declares
for a revival of the monarchy? What can
France, Belgium, the United States do,
if they decide to put up the monarchy?
What means can they use to coerce the
Germans? There will even be misguided
people in the Allied countries who will
say that a monarchy suits the character
and genius of the people of Germany bet
ter than any other form of government.
The political demagogue wants office.
The newspaper editorial demagogue wants
circulation.
Now that dentists still hesitate to do
it on their responsibility, will not some
political party guarantee good teeth to
the people?
The sick man says, “Give me health,
and you take the rest.’’ The poor man
says, "Give me money and I’ll take my
chances on getting everything else.’’ Now,
what does the man want who has both
health and money? It’s a cinch he wants
something he can’t have as badly as either
of the other two.
CHLORINE RAH FOR COLDS
Effective Remedy for Respiratory Diseases!
Underwood Takes Treatment
WASHINGTON. March 28.—Many United
States Senators and Representatives have
found quick relief from colds and Influen
za through chlorine gas treatments admin
istered under the direction of Lieut. Col.
Harry U Gilchrist. Medical Corps, attached
to the oheiftical warfare service. A regular
station for the purpose has been maintained
by this branch of the army at the capitol.
Among those who have been treated suc
cessfully are Senators lioblnson. Underwood.
Pat Harrison. Watson of Indiana, Phipps!
Pittman and Curtis and Representatives
Drewry. Anthony and Pen Johnson and oth
ers. The treatment has been taken two or
three times a week.
Experiments extending ovsr a year have
proved conclusively, chemical experts say.
that chlorine Is almost a PQaltive cure of
ordinary respiratory diseases In human be
ings. especially common colds, bronchitis,
whooping cough, and Influenza. Of 800 oases
treated. 75 per cent has been cured Im
mediately and 20 per cent was helped, while
only 5 per cent was not responsive to treat
ment.
The process Is very simple end the cost
less then 8 cents per person for Individual
treatment, while f..r use In large assemblages
It would be much less War Department
experts believe It Is only a question of tlms
until the chlorine ge.s treatment will be
used In practically all hospitals, theaters,
where large bodies of persons congregate
schools and churches, and In fact any place
as an ordinary precaution against respira
tory disease
The chemical warfsre service Is now en
gaged in demonstrating Its effectiveness In
the cure of distemper emong horses. Re
cently distemper broke out |n virulent form
among the horses of the brigade of artil
lery stationed at Rost HoyU, Md. Tbs die
The Passing Throng
Mr ATTICIII MCUU.
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Csuaty Visits HntlMMir
Probata Judge A. P. Smith of Greene
county was a visitor to Montgomery Tues
day. Judea Smith has held the position
of probate Judge In his county for many
terms. He la a former member of the Ala
bama legislature. He la also a physician.
Judge Greene stated Tuesday he came down
to attend to some business at the Capitol.
He reports Greene county la good shape
at the present time. He says the farmers
are working With a vengeance. He says
eighty per cent of the people of Greene
county are booking the action of the ma
jority members of the State Highway Com
mission in routing the highway through
Greene county, which highway will go to
the westward of Boligee whose oltliens
have instituted injunctions proceedings la
the circuit oourt of Jefferson county.
"We are of oouree Interested in this road"
said Judge Smith. "Eighty per oent of
the people of Greene county including
eighty per oent of the tax payers favor the
route selected by the highway commission,
that Is the majority of the highway commis
sion. I see where certain cltlxens who
wanted the route through Boligee have filed
Injunctions proceedings in the circuit court
of Jefferson county. I think the court test
should be weloomed at this time. The
powers of the Highway Commission to route
roads to serve the most people should be
determined either favorably or adversely. We
people in Greene county are backing the ma
jority members of the state Highway Com
mission on the route they have selected for
the road from JCutaw on through Greene
county."
* * *
n ■ nona i roraai supernaor
>>Md> Tnidif la Capitol.
B. M. Lufburrow la the national forest
supervisor of Alabama. Mr. Lufburrow rep*
resents the department of the federal gov
ernment which has under Its charge the
national forests. His headquarters are now
at Moulton, adjacent to the great national
forest preserve In that section at the head
waters of the Warrior river. Mr. Lufbur
row. accompanied by John C. Forney, an
other federal employe and attorney, were
In Montgomery for the purpose of getting
assistance from the state highway commis
sion towards the construction of a road
from Moulton Into the national forest.
"The federal government has a fine na
tional forest set aside tor Alabama, mostly
within Winston oounty" said Mr. Lufbur
row. "This forest can be made one of the
most beautiful forests which the govern
ment possesses. The natural scenery In the
forest Is wonderful. It Is almost a virgin
forest. The streams, Including the river,
are beautiful and should abound In a few
years with all sorts of game fish. The for
est can be made a playground and beauty
spot for the people of Alabama and sur
rounding states. We need a good road to,
and through toe federal forest. When the
forest Is properly supplied with good roads
so that tourists may travel through. It will
be a thing of beauty and a Joy forever. I
believe the forest is going to prove popular
with the people of Alabama."
Mr. Lufburrow, together with Mr. Forney,
returned to Moultrn Tuesday afternoon at
six o’clock after conference with road of
ficials.
* * *
Joe Pilcher of Florals
Attends Commission Meeting
Joe Pilcher of Florals, attended this week’s
letting of contracts of the state highway
commission. Mr. Pilcher Is a road con
tractor himself and he put In a bid on the
Baldwin oounty section of road which the
commission let Monday. Mr. Pilcher’s bid
was not the lowest but he went away with
the satisfaction of knowing. If It Is any
satisfaction, that a number of other bidders
also failed to land the work, their bids be
ing. above the lowest one submitted. Mr.
Pilcher says the farmers of his section of
the State are busy working In the field and
getting ready for a big crop this year. They
are taking advantage of the good weather
to prepare the soil.
“We feel like things are going to be much
better from an agricultural standpoint In
our section." said Mr. Pilcher. "We were
hit pretty hard by the wet weather last
year but we do not expect to have such
another year. It cannot possibly rain as
much all through 1824 as It did In 192S.
Our farmers are as busy as bees getting
the fields In shape for planting. They are
taking advantage of every fair day to work
They are not overlooking a bet."
Mr. Pilcher reports that Florals la doing
quite a bit of paving at this time and the
streets art torn up but when the work Is
completed. Florala will have a hard sur
faced business section.
* * •
Auburn Rngtneerylnjr Class
Sees Montgomery District.
The ninety young men who compose the
engineering class of Auburn were Interested
In what they saw In their Montgomery visit
acoordlng to L. P. Sweatt, division manager
of the Alabama Power Company. Mr. Sweatt
said the young men were shown the new
calcium arsenate plant which will be the
largest of Its kind In existence. They also
looked over the eub-statlon of the Alabama
Power Company. They left Montgomery for
Mitchell Dam where they saw the newest
Installation of turbines for the production
of electricity from water power.
At Mitchell Dam the embryonlo engineers
were given every opportunity by the Ala
bama Power Company of seeing everything
They also explained to them the advantages
of the new system which has the various
producing units built Into the dam at vari
ous points Instead of being located In a
power house ms Is the case at Lock 12 an
earlier Installation of the Alabama Power
Company.
From Mitchell Dam. the engineers took
train for Birmingham district where they
spent Wednesday going over the Industries
of the Birmingham district. They will
spend several days there visiting the various
large plants In the district.
The Alabama Power Company has In its
employ a large number of Auburn gradu
ates and the young engineers felt at home
In their Inspection of tbs properties of the
Alabama Power Company becauee they met
Auburn men everywhere on their trip
Swearing Phone Operator*
Werf Dnlr In Early I>aya.
The Public Utility Information bureau bul
letin has an Interesting article relative to
why telephone companies found it necessary
to change from men operator* to women
operators. The secret Is out. When the
subscribers swore over the phone at the men
operators, the men swore back and the row
usually ended In the subscriber coming to
the oentrai station where the matter was
■fought out and many black eyes were the
result. Says the bulletin:
‘•It Is hard for the present generation to
Imagine a swearing telephone operator but
Miss Mary Beatrice Kennedy. New York's
first woman exchange operator, says she
got her Job becnuse the company was tired
of firing It* swearing hoy operators.
"In those days subscribers used to come
down to the telephone office to fight the
operators who had sworn at them and the
company became so tired of the numerous
complaints that It finally replaced the boy*
with young women
"Mies Kennedy recently celebrated hsr
flrty-fIfth anniversary, she having entered
the service In 187S •!„ those days' she
says, 'subscribers had the habit of calling
up for all aorts of Information. They used
to ask: 'How much are eggs selling for’’
•Calling a number was unhaard of. Sub
scribers would simply ask for Smith's drug
building or Jones' grocery, or this or that
building, or such and such a lawyer or mer
chant. I used to work from 8 In the morn
ing until 6 at night. T lived ]n Jersey City.
To get to work I took a horse-car to the
river, ferry across, took another horse-car
and then walked up elx flights of stairs
It 1* different, now. Isn't Itr ••
ease spread rapidly and for a tlm* threat
ened all the animals of the post, 40 per cent
bsoomlng affected Three dsy*' treatment
of one hour each were sufficient to effect
a complete cure.—New York World
ATTKVnOK, MR. HEPRB4K8TATIVE
If people have something to sell and other
people haven't the money to buy It. no leg
islation can remedy th* matter—St. Louis
Otobs-DemooraL
Swinnerton Writes of
English Favorites in U. S.
Wh«n ha want to America a month or two
**°- **?*»k Bwlnnertoa promised to note and
*° r*^ort to mo as -far as ha was abls to do
***• t*latloo standing of English writers In
that oountry. I hare now received a vol
0 ml no ns epistle from Bwlnnortoa. who ap
pears to bs enjoying himself very much,
from whleh I extract the following passages
npon this subject:
“One thing that has surprised mo rsfjr
mnoh Is the absenos of Interest among Amer
ican readers in onr best sellers. When 1
speak of Kiss Ethel 1C. Dell, for Instance,
everybody says, as the Duke of Wellington
said, when the unfamiliar names of a par
tlcular new ministry ware announced to
him: 'Who? Who? • It Is singular. Also,
various others of od most popular authors
are unheard of here. On the other hand, I
am often asked about writers who In Eng
land have no tremendous vogue. For exam
ple. Ronald Falrbank. There Is a good deal
of Interest In Katherine Mansfield, but for
the most part praise of her work Is cautious.
1 gather that It la felt she has been a little
overpraised, and perhaps even exploited.
Walter de la Mare Is greatly admired. John
Masefield Is a hero everywhere. He and
Alfred Noyes are the two English poets moat
named to me; and this Is partially accounted
for by the fact that Alfred Noyes has been
so long a professor at, I think, Princeton.
“Among novelists, I am most often asked
about Joseph Conrad and W. J. Looks, the
latter of whom la obviously much admired.
Hugh Walpole Is affectionately remembered
everywhere, owing to his visits here, and
must be very popular as a writer, although
I am given different estimates of his talent
In eaoh town I visit. Favorable estimates of
course, predominate. Wells Is In the same
position here as I gather he Is In England.
Many people qulvey at the mention of his
name, but all want to hear everything about
him that they can. Galsworthy Is widely
read and respected. I have been delighted
at the affection (there .Is no other word)
which 1s everywhere felt for Arnold Bennett.
One lady said tp me: Tve always wanted to
shake hahds with Mr. Bennett and I reckon
you’re the next best thing!’ His new book.
'RIceyman Steps,’ has had a tumultuously
enthusiastic press. ,and is being widely read.
I agi asked If I have read The Judge' (part
ly owing to the fact that Rebecca West Is
lecturing here) and when I say I have not
done so there Is some disappointment, as
obviously opinion Is divided about the book.
"William McFee, who Is also lecturing Is a
subject of comment In the town which he
was visiting or Is to visit. He was taken
round the Stockyards (I have escaped these)
In Chicago, and wefc told the old story about
everything of the pig being used except the
squeal. His comment was: 'And nhw you’ve
got the radio T suppose you’ll use even that.’
branches of Mackenxle enthusiasts. Strong
disapprobation of Lawrence Is expressed ev
erywhere. but his works are read. Sheila
Kaye-Smlth Is a (rood deal read and I am
asked about her by all sorts of people from
coast to coast. Kipling Is very much ad
mired. although It does not seem to be
known that he has written a history of the
Irish Guards and a book for boy scouts and
girl guides. I have been asked very often
about him. J. M. Barrie (whose title Is still
unfamiliar to Americans! is much loved. Ev
erybody listens with Interest when I tell
how ■The Toung Visitors’ came to be pub
lished. I have been asked once about Miss
Marie Corelli. Not as often as I expected
about A. S. M. Hutchinson. All over the
United RtateB I come across Kuxley enthusi
asts (Aldous Huxley). In ones or small
groups. David Garnett's *Lady Into Fox’
has been read, but has not repeated its Eng
lish furor. Perhaps this was to be expected.
■'It Is awfully Interesting to catch the
points which make a writer popular In this
country. I should say that American readers
do not require for extreme popularity (as
English renders doj that mixture of sadism
and sentiment which makes English novels
sell by the hundred thousand. To religious
themes they may be as sensitive—I do not
know. On the whole. I should say that while
there may be a good deal of crowd reading
os sentimental reading on the phrt of large
numbers of people (the press has more pow
er here than In England) there Is an extra
ordinarily acute ability on the part of the
educated American to distinguish between
what Is sincere work and what la supplied
for a hypothetical market. The ‘goods’ are
suspect. Americans are suspicious because
they are sensitive; and I believe that-they
prefer sincerity In a book even to wIL But
I am not going to generalise about Ameri
cans. I will only say that I find several no
tions current regarding the English, and In
particular the English writer. One man,
having heard me speak, hurried after me to
say: ’Mr. Swlnnerton—I Just wanted to say
that, like all the other Englishmen I’v* met,
you’re not a bit like an EnglishmanV He
meant, I gather, to compliment me. This Is
because from coast to coast I find certain
convictions absolutely fixed In the minds
of Americans regarding Englishmen:
“I. No Englishman, has any sense of
humor.
“2. All Englishmen wear monocles.
"2. Englishmen drink tea all day.
“4. Englishmen are all supercilious.
“One Interviewer opened his Inquiries by
saying: ‘What do you think the chief faults
of American writersf r replied: ‘It Isn’t
the faults so much as the qualities that
strike me.’ He said: ’Ah. that’s English eva
siveness.’ So you see ho had me both ways.
But when he found that I was not ready to
patronise or misbehave (and really such
suspicion draws a horrible picture of Eng
lish authors who have formerly visited
America) he was by no means so abrupt as
this strange opening would suggest. I must
In this connection say that although all
through the tour I have spoken very freely
to Interviewers, only In one case has there
been any Indiscretion: and this was th* par
donable use of something I did not say for
the purpose of showing fthe Interviewer was
a woman) that I was a wIL”
I have quoted Swlnnerton’s comments at
length because I think they may be of Inter
est to both English and American readers.
They leave nothing for me to say exoept
that D. H. Lawrence Is In London after his
long sojourn In the United States, and that
he plans to return Immediately to the United
States, on the ground that In England we
are only half alive. As Sinclair Lewis, after
his first visit to England, said exactly the
same thing, there Is a really alarming con
sensus of opinion on this point.—London
correspondsnce. The Bookman.
No Monopoly Wanted
There le no difference of opinion In the
United States—or, for the matter of that. In
any other monopoly In radio-broadcasting.
Everybody will agree with Secretary Hoover
that »uch a monopoly would be a grave men
ace to healthy progress In a new field of un
limited potentialities In economic, olvto, mor
el and artlstlo activities. It le equally clear
that chaos In broadcasting la as Intolerable
as monopoly The need la for wtse control
and regulation under the auspices—In time
of peace—of the Federal Department of Com
merce. It should not be difficult to draft a
bill providing for adequate control and reg
ulation. Whether the powers of regulaMon
should be vested In a small or a large com
mission: whether the President or the Secre
tary of Commerce should appoint the com
mission: what principles or standards Con
gress should prescribe for the commission's :
guidance—these and other questions form
parts of the Intricate problems of radio con
trol. The British Parliament has been con
sidering the same subject for nearly two
years In Oreat Britain, as in this country,
patent rights snd laweulta growing out of
conflicting claims complicate the situation
In due time the courts will adjudicate these
disputes But whatever the outcome of pend
ing litigation, the Government's duty la to
evolve with the aid of competent radio ex
perts. a form of oontrol that will Insure the
development of broadcasting In all useful di
rections and permit steady Improvement of
the aervtce.—OhU-ago Nfews.
with RPisp,nv*nova.
She—"Do you always think of mef
He—**W ell. not exaotly always, but when
ever I think of anything. I think of you."—
Keeper. Stockholm
Dr. Frank Crane
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It aapabllabed artlclea af Dr. Crane.)
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BLOCKING THIS WAT TO ITOCBM.
The Idea that obaeasea the tax tnakara la
that the' rich man ahonld ha taxed heavily
and the poor gently.
If we are going to eentlnae with oar proa*
ent principle* of taxation thla Idea la parkapa
a fair one.
But there la one delualon that baa a
atronghold In moat people's mlnda; It la that
the rich men are a fixed elaaa. They ara
rich, they alWay* hare been rleh, they al
waya will be rich, and their fathera were
rich before them..
A good deal of economic, revolutionary
propaganda la baaad on thla arroneona con
dition.
Aa Otto H. Kahn aald the other day:
“It la a well-known fact, characterlatto
of America, that our wealthlaat man are
not thoae who Inherited their poeaeaalona,
but who atarted at the bottom of the .lad
der. That la aa It ahould be. but It cannot
oontlnu* ao If our preaent taxation polley
continued
“The road to material aucceaa la blockad to
the newcomer by the barricade of aurtaxea.~
There la truth In this, becauae extrema -
aurtaxea that are demanded by thoae who
wlah to level thlnga down, fortify thoae
who are already wealthy agalnat would-be
competltora.
The reault la that while big bualneaa con
tlnuea to expand and can find plenty of
funds for doing ao, there has been a distinct
slackening of new and Independent .ven
tures. '
The trouble with thla la that It takes a
little thiking to see' It.
It does not take any thinking at all to
tax the rich heavily Just because they are
vleh.
It la always popular to attack the rich.
The mob la always ready to stone th* suc
cessful. And Congressmen and Senators get
their votes from the mob.
But there Is very real danger In thla of
destroying the Initiative which has made
the United States great. The Initiative la
the desire to succeed and to lay up money.
It Is the principle of thrift and prosperity..
Th* hordes of communists and socialists
In BuroPe have been quite successful In
their campaign to ruin. Americans ought
to have too much sense to out off their
noses to spit their face. •
There Is a good deal of danger In this
country from those who, desiring to protect
the workers, are In a fair way to destroy
all Incentive to work.
Alabama Editors
HO.HTUOHEUY’l STATE! FAIR
The state fair for Montgomery has been
organised, the big fair to be held in Oc
tober. Now let her keep It up, for Mont
gomery always gave us good fairs.—Talla
dega Home.
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THE EDITOR’S INFORMATION
The Times was called down two separate
and dlstinot times the past week for dis
seminating Incorrect Information. This
would have been sad, but for the fact that
the Information was obtained from parties
who did know, and the calling down was
by parties who thought they knew. It often
happens that way, but the editor has learned
to smile and let the,' knowing ones enjoy
themselves.—Demopolls Times.
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- SPEAKING OF MULES
Hundreds of heads of good mules have
been shipped to Cullman county this win
ter and spring, showing, despite the heavy
sales for years past, that there Is yet a
steady demand for good mules. We often
hear the question what becomes of all the
mules sold in Cullman, as It’s an undisputed
fact the average mule Is good for six or
eight years’ service on the farm, and you
seldom ever see' a poor mule driven Into
Cullman by a farmer of the county, show
ing stock are well cared for. but we must
take Into consideration the big territory
surrounding Cullman, that as yet there is a
steady Increase In the widening of farming
In our country. Improved farm methods and
growing need for more mule power on the
farm.—Cullmah Tribune.
EASY TO CRITICISE SCHOOLS
The school system has undergone many
changes during the last quarter of a cen
tury, and most of the plans of teaching the
young have been put In vogue through the
efforts of the teachers, who have spent
more time studying school methods than
other classes.
It Is easy to criticise schools. They ef
fect almost every one directly or Indirectly.
Almost every school has some pupils who
feel that they are mistreated, and every
school has a few patrons, who feel that the
school Is mismanaged.
Constructive criticism Is usually welcomed
but It should first be taken up with the
school authorities, and then If not remedied
put before the public. Discussing the
shortcomings of a school through the news
papers should not be Indulged in. It will
cause less efficiency In the school. This
paper gave space recently to a short letter
of criticism, and then others followed, one
coming from Ashford. particularly well
written but we dsn’t feel that any good
will come from Its publication. In fact, we
think harm would come from It.
a We realise that our schools are far from
what they should be, but we don’t know
wherein they should be Improved, for when
we have In the past offered suggestions,
they were proved to be Impracticable when
the subject was tone into thoroughly.
We have always felt that the child need
ed more Individual attention In school, but
when one visits ths classes and sees the
number und*r one teacher. It Is seen that
Individual attention Is not to ba had with
out Increasing the number of teachers,
which calls’ for mors money.
One thing we have always wanted to put
Into effect In the employment of teachers,
and that Is the record of teacher has made
In advancing his or her pupils. If a teacher
can ehow that a high percentage of the
pupils taught made good grades through
the t,erm, that teacher then Is worth more
money to the school than ths one whose
pupils fall to show a satisfactory advanoe
from term to term, and school authorities
should let three records govern the em
ployment of teachers. None should be em
ployed. matters not what ability they have,
unless the records show that they have also
the ability to communicate Information to
the children that advances them properly
In their studies.
As a whole, the schools may not be satis
factory. We have never heard of a school
that wae thoroughly satisfactory, but wa
don’t believe the school system is "going to
the dogs.” —Dothan Eagle.
VAGAIJIRS OF TIIK COTTON MARK FT
A feature of cotton selling which Is rec
ognised ss a fixed characteristic of the mar
ket Is that the producer will not sell his
cotton on a "rising'' market, he will hold
It. because he thinks It will go higher. Now
the same tendency obtains among the mills
with reference to buying. Although cotton
has sagged downward for several weeks
and Is 185 00 a bale below the peak the
demands of the mills are weak and Inter
mittent. The mills seem to be governed
by the same emotions that govern the farm
ers They think cotton will go lower, and
jo they wait.
The Textile World makes report that the
break In cotton early In the week cast Its
shadow over the goods market and restrict
ed the volume of business to still smaller
limits "Buyers are now talking of the
possibility of the raw material falling be
low 25 cents, and normal business la lm
posaihle so long as current uncertainty re
tarding cotton continues.” And there yon
have it If we could get the farmers and
the cotton mill owners to pull together_
the farmers selling as prices start up and
the mill men buying when prices start
down—we might have a uniformly stabilised
condition. But It Is easier for some people
to get to heaven than for anything of that
tin4 M haM»Bc-BsUna Times Journal.