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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
Popularity of odd Fellowship

'"rhe Alabama grand encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, meeting in Birmingham this week, is in creasing in membership, but not as rap idly as I imagined it would" said a cit izen who was initiated into Odd Fellow ship nearly 40 years ago. The encamp- ment degrees are very beautiful, and l have never known a man who had re- ceived them to speak other than enthusi- astically of the work
 'The Independent Order of Odd Eel years old in 1919, and, of course, the cen tennial celebration will be on grand scale l recall the semi-centennial of the order. quite well. Lodges and encamp- ments paraded with full ranks. The cele- bration aroused much interest in the or der, and the membership increased rap idly as result.
 odd Fellowship had it's origin in Eng land. The organization is known in the mother country as the Manchester Unity. The first lodge in this country was in stituted in Baltimore by five Manchester Unity Englishmen In the United States the order spread from that Baltimore lodge, and in the course of time Amer ican Odd Fellowship separated from the mother organization in England The h. dependent Order of Odd Fellows has nc aHiliation whatever, I believe with the l, Manchester Unity. Our American Odd Fellowship has a membership of over 1,000 000''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

None Of Poet Nemps poetry has yet been put before a patient public The case cannot be properly judged without if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

French women are cutting, down the cost of living by wrecking the markets that refuse to be reasonable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Mir. Taft will find that he can't veto democratic victory in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Cotton is infested by the cotton worms, the boil weevl and the bear spectators
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Admiral Togo has left us, and he will no doubt endeavor at sea to restore his stomach to normal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Chicago is putting up six skyscrapers. A city that contains 100000 of people could not we'll be doing less
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
A SAD MISHAP.

And lowering storms of passion sweep.
 A SAD MISHAP. ''Do you think kissing unhealthy?' Well, once knew of man who kissed a pretty woman and was laid up in the hospital for six weeks" Good heavens Germs?" NO; her husband"
 UNRUFFLED.
 We're not among
 Those going daft
 Bout tn suicide
 Of Mister Taft. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT. Does he take much interest in the drink question:" he will have"
 BIG WORDS.
 One kind of chap
 We never lack,
 The tiresome meg
 Alomaniac.
 He'd be less apt
 To weary us.
 Were he not so meg
 Alophonous.
 COLORATURA, MAYBE. Do you remember the oldest Jimpson girl?" "Esmeralda?" Yes" Quite we'll" You know and I know that she was born right here In Alabama, and yet, since she has become an opera star she calls herself Colorado soprano"'
 A PERSON OF NOTE. A thrill of interest will run Throughout this mighty land When Beulah B., the "soulless one, Is put upon the stand. CONTRARY TO PREDICTION. "An amateur trombone player who lived for a while in our neighborhood has sur prsed everybody who ever heard him play" What did he do?' Hast week he died a natural death."
 HURRAH FOR HIM. All hail the man of kindly parts Of peace the prop: The fellow who, whate'er he starts, Knows when to stop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Atwood's expenses from St. Louis to New York were 800 a day. On this basis aerial tickets will come high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Governor Dix is still hoping that sunny Jim sherman will run against him for governor of New York next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Don't forget when you write the words to keep the "n" in "Monna Llsa.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Canada has had several frosts, and the people up there find it difficult to warm up over reciprocity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

New York has a gasoline street cleaner which does the work for forty white wings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

David Lloyd-George is now called at home England's Roosevelt. He certainly does things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Group photographs that are read from left to right never lend distinguished look to anyone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

The Congressional Record of next win ter will be filled with premature cam paign speeches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Ben Zoates name is leading even Ben Adams and all the rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
Where Paint Is Needed

T have been reading about improved conditions in the agricultural districts or Alabama, and l am prepared to believe the reports that l see in print and hear orally, for I have been in St. Clair and other counties in this section of the state and have remarked large dwellings of elegant appearance and great modern barns,' said a Birmingham man.
 Now, what surprises me is the back ward condition of small villages on south ern trunk railroads. The prosperity and refinement noticed in the< rural districts have been miles away from the railroad lines One might suppose that if signs of thrift and culture were in evidence far out in the country some progressive signs would be seen likewise in the small rail- road towns.
 Tn going from here to Cullman few days ago I noticed two or three very diapidated villages. Wooden houses of various sizes seemed about to fall down for lack of repair. They presented pie lures of squalor that should be unthink- able in the twentieth century. These houses have never smet paint a fellow tfaNelef on lle 1JOulSNllle dllu NdSlNiile said to me as we whlrled by a group of unsighty cabins. 'The south,' he contin- ued, has made great strides during the past 10 years, but strangers who only see Alabama from railway trains would get poor impression in looking at these little paintless towns. North of the Ohio river the villages look much better. All the houses north of the Ohio have been painted, and a man must be very poor indeed who does not give his house a coat or two of paint every year. This man went on to say that the automobile had contributed a great deal to the cause of town improvement both north and south. Touring parties had the effect of stirring up pride on the part of the rural population. Southern towns on highways traversed by. auto cars make a good ap pearance, but shabbness seems to be the rule in the little railroad towns. l would think the railroad officials themselves would devise some means of improving the villages along their respective lines."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT. Does he take much interest in the drink question:"
 "Only when somebody asks him what he will have"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postoffiee as second-elass matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

 cation by delivering 200 speeches in 24 states This kind of a vacation takes the cake.
 Those Coatesville lynchers are seeking all the delay that the law affords, and it usually affords round lots of il to rich prisoners.
 St. Louis is endeavoring to start a movement that will enable men to keep their hats on their heads in hotel eleva- tors
 None Of Poet ISemp's poetry has yet been put before a patient public. The case cannot be properly judged without 1t. Atwood,s expenses from St. Louis to New York were 800 a day. On this basis aerial tickets will come high. Governor Dix is still hoping that sunny Jim sherman will run against him for governor of New York next year.
  French women are cutting, down the cost of living by wrecking the markets that refuse to be reasonable.
 
 Chicago is putting up six skyscrapers. city that contains 100000 of people could not well be doing less.
 
 Admiral Togo has left us, and he will no doubt endeavor at sea to restore his stomach to normal.
 Canada has had several frosts, and the people up there find it difficult to warm up over reciprocity.
 --.s.--- The Congressional Record of next win ter will be filled with premature cam paign speeches.
 Group photographs that are read from left to right never lend a distinguished look to anyone.
 David Lloyd-George is now called at home Englands Roosevelt. He certainly does things.
  New York has gasoline street cleaner which does the work for forty white wings.
 Cotton is infested by the cotton worms, the boil weevil and the bear spectators.
  Don't forget when you write the words to keen the ''n" in sfMonna Tjsa MT. Taft will find that he can't veto a democratic victory in 1912. Ben Zoate's name is leading even Ben
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31
Heart toHeart
| Talks.
FANNY CROSBY.
BY EDWIN A. NYR


I am just young as l ever was.
haven't grown old bit. and l don't In
tend to grow old Those who trust the
Lord shall preserve their strength. and
trust the Lord.
The brave words were uttered by a
woman who is ninety-two years old,
or. better, ninety-two years young
Fanny Crosby, the well known writer
If Christian hymns.
Speaking to a vast audience in New
York the other day. she turned upon
the people eyes that have been sight
less from the time she was Eve years
old. Since she was child this blind
singer has composed hymns. If you
were to strike from the church hymn
nology the productions of Fanny Cros-
by you would leave the collections poor
indeed. And you could fill many ordi-
nary hymnals from her songs alone
Il don't intend TO grow old" What
splendid optimism And she never
will grow old-in spirit Because of
the sublime optimism of her life she
has lived long and usefully; because of
1t her songs breathe of faith and Of
hope and of trust
And as the great audience was thrill
ed by the words of the young-old wo
man of ninety-two. so has the Chris
tan world been stirred to enthusiasm
by the sacred songs of this sweet sing
er of Israel. Optimism is vitality.
Pessimism is poison. Call 1t what you
will = Christian faith. new thought.
Christian Science. suggestive thera-
peutics. or what not-optimism is life.
Some of us who have boxed the COM
pass Of religious thinking and come
back to the simple religion of mothers
knee call 1t Christian faith.
Why Fanny Crosby has not grown
old Is because of her simple and beau
tiful trust, because she has had young
thoughts, sought young company, kept
a young spirit. Age is not of the
spirit The body may grow old. but
by faith the spirit is renewed from
day to day. and. such is the force of
spirit over material, the body itself is
wonderfully preserved.
And so the blind singer is not tired
Of life. On the contrary. she says she
intends to live TO celebrate the one
hundredth anniversary of her birth
May she accomplish her desire.
Who puts faith and hope and trust
into the hearts Of mortals puts into
the world the tremendous forces of as
surance and confidence and courage
and health.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31
FAKE REAL ESTATE SCHEMES.


the
bubble
dispose of
absolutely vueess
subject
we're found
The declared that had
of unsatisfactory labor conditions
bag
the methods of
that stamped
distributed
The small
making something about the
of
putting their in legitimate
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31
OPPORTUNITY.


This I beheld, or dreamed In a
dream.
There spread a cloud of dust along
a plain:
And underneath the cloud. or In II.
ragged
A furious battle. and men yelled. and
swords
Shocked upon swords and shields.
A princes banner.
Wavered. then staggered backward.
hemmed by foes.
A craven hung along the battles
edge.
And though, Had a sword of
keener steel
That blue blade that the kings SON
bears-but this
Blunt thingw-he snapped and flung
It from his hand,
And lowering crept away and left
the field
Then came the kings son, wounded
sore bestead,
And weaponless, and saw the brok-
en- sword.
Hit buried in the dry and sodden
sand.
And ran and snatched II. and with
battle shout
Lifted afresh. he hewed his enemy
down.
And saved great cause that heroic
day.
Edward Rowland Sill.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31
wANToN PROPERTY DEsTRoYERs.

few Hammond
beer bottles be
chronicle of
should be
not tell tale the fendsh
hous
Owners automobiles vehicles again
the right of others themselves if
city thoroughfares
of course all is Of
caeessne
mobile
of protest auto speees perbans
suh
this
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31

In the woods watching for squirrel in
- large hickory tree. A large black
snake crawled out of hole in the log
and passed over his feet and in his ex-
citernent he dropped his gun. The
hammer struck the log and exploded
the shells, sending both loads of shot
through the boys abdomen. Despite
his injuries Geiger started for his
home two miles distant.
STRONG CASE OF BALLOoNITIs.
Mrs. Mort Hefner, living near Delphi.
who was stricken with "balIoonitis'
several days ago. has now fully recov-
Tered While driving home, she was at
tracted by a balloon high in the sky
AS 1T passed directly over her; she
tilted back her head and gazed up-
ward. The horse gave a little jerk,
and she remembers nothing more from
that time until the next morning. The
period is q total blank, but she con-
tinued to drive, unhitched the horses.
prepared supper and went without
complaining OF being i'll.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31
COMMUNICATIONS.
DON'T WAIT FOR SEAMAN.

The the Ridge
of
the lack of good transportation facilities
a would ripe trails
Yet this will
the OF
ACROSS the iver?
This o the dtracto ntapgle
these DAYS
babies
o
wait for Seaman
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31
The Day in
HIS r Y
"THIs DATE IN HISTORY

=
July 81.
1759-General Wolfe was checked In
his assault on the French at Que
bee.
l177-Lafayette made a major general
In the American army.
1s03-Lohn Ericsson. builder OF the
Monitor, born. Died Mach I. 1889.
lS1S-Plattsburg. n. q. taken by the
British.
fss1-completion.' of the new London
Bridge.
lSTl-Phoebe Gary, noted author. died
in Newport. r. l. Born near Cincin-
natl, Sept 4. 1924
1S75--Andrew johnson, seventeenth
President of the U. s, died at his
home in Tennessee. Born in North
Carolina. Dec. 30 1908.
1S9S-General MacArthurs force
reached the Philippines
lsss-Sir James David Edgar Speaker
of the Dominion House of Com
mons. died. Born in 1871
19o6-Mutinies of Russian troops in
Finland suppressed with great loss
of life.
1910-John G. Carlisle. former senator,
cabinet officer and Speaker of the
house of representatives, died in
New York city. Born in Campbell
County. Kentucky. Sept. 5, 1885.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31

The box coat is ever popular. Our
model is cut on the usual plain lines. with
very little flare. At the neck is a large
and ornamental collar; the sleeves have
some fulness at the shp,-lder and are
finished with smart little cuff
Kersey, melton. storm serge, tweed.
cheviot and similar fabrics are suitable
for this coat, and braid or bias bands of
satin will trim it advanta geousiy.
II years. Medium size requires "a yards
of Al inch material
The above pattern can be obtained by
sending 10 cents to the office of This
paper.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31

AN old lady with handorgan visit
ed Valparaiso the other day and the
Messenger says "she was listened to
with rapt attention" Well you have
to have some excitement over there.
don't you?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31
THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME

s more an likely that the Gary aldermen
The
To 1t must be given credit to
0un bno and D Moes people
ducion
high in Gary then
a chance
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31

age sixteen, the only son of Frank j.
Geiger, met death by the accidental
discharge of his breech loading shot
gun while hunting squirrels. Young
Geiger was standing on a hollow log
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31

prize. The prize consisted of four
watermelons. Homer Riddle, 222o
Woodlawn avenue, was second and was
awarded a three pound box of choco
lates. Harold Ho1lister. 2I37 Central
avenue, took third place and received
fifteen bottles of pop" other prize
winners were VIII Flora, 2134 Central
avenue; Robert Conner, 1904 Central
avenue. and r. Seidensticker, 2157 Park
avenue.
KILLED ON WAY To FUNERAL.
Anna Harrow. of Terre Haute color.
ed. age seventy-six, was killed By a
Chicago fast train at a street crossing
on river way to funeral Saturday
BREAD WAR AT BRAZIL.
A bread war is on at Brazil. Ind.
Owners OF the six bakeries of Brazil
met Friday and organized to wage war
on foreign baked bread. Indianapolis
and Terre Haute bread is sent into
Brazil in great quantities, and baking
concerns of both cities maintain de-
livery wagons. The Brazil bakers con-
tend that this foreign bread is sold in
such quantities and at such prices as
seriously to jeopardize their trade.
They will appeal to the loyalty of the
ers furnishing them with Brazil bread.
and threaten. in the event the grocers
do not do requested. to establish
groceries themselves.
STOPS PANIC IN BURNING CAR.
While a car on the Logansport and
Indianapolis division of the Indiana
Union Traction Companys lines was
running forty miles an hour near
NOhIaSvi1la
smoking compartment and caused a
panic among the passengers.
Frank Davis. business man. of
Noblesville, prevented the frightened
passengers from jumping from the car
by taking position in the door and
forcing back all who attempted ITO get
out. The fire was soon extfnguished
YOUTH AND AUTO COLLIDE.
Daniel Shelly, of Muncie, Is wears
old. son of Mrs. Catherine Sicily. was
probably fatally injured Friday night
when he ran over by an automo-
bile driven by Ralph G. Hemingway.
president of the Hemingway Glass Com
pany of Muncte The lad was riding s.
bicycle when he collided with the auto
One of the front wheels of the car
passed over the boys head. His scalp
was badly torn. and the skull was
fractured. Hemingway picked the lad
up and hurried him to the Mix hospital
where at a late hour he was resting
comfortably.
HORSE TRAMPLES BICYCLIsT,
Kenneth Reed, IL years old, SIS Nell
street. of indianapolis, was seriously
injured last evening. when he was
thrown from his bicycle and trampled
by horse driven by Charles Gibson,
$50 Harlan street. in front of 1900 Lex
inton avenue. The horse stepped on
the boys back. The boy was carried
hone unconscious by his father who
witnessed the accident. A physician
was called. but said he could not de-
termine exactly the seriousness of tire
boys injuries. Police Sergeant STREET.
witnessed the accident and said 1t was
'entirely unavoidable. He said the boy
attempted to pass the buggy, which
bore Gibson and his family when his
wheel seemed to catch in a car track
causing him to fall In front of the
horse
DROPS GUN AND Is KILLED.
George w. Geiger. of Lawrenceburg
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31

LAKE county roads are never
praised so highly as when a bunch OF
autoists who have hit the high spots
in other states land in the best of In
diana's ninety-two counties.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31
"THIS IS MY 10TH BIRTHDAY
Robert Stuart Macarthur.

Rev DR.. Robert Stuart Macarthur,
the new president of the Baptist World
Alliance, was born In Dalesville. Que
bee, July 81, 1S41. He graduated from
the University of Rochester in 1867
and three years later finished a course
In the Rochester Theological Seminary.
The same year of his entrance into the
ministry he was called to the pulpit of
the Calvary Baptist church in New
York city and for forty-one years he
mas continued as pastor of that church.
DR.. MacArthur's fame as an eloquent
preacher is equalled by his reputation
as writer on religious subjects He
has been frequent contributor to the
Baptist church publications and num-
erous books of his sermons have been
published and widely circulated.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31
Up and Down in
/. | N d. A N A
DID NOT KNOW HE WAS HURT.


Walter Collins. is years old. son of
MI and Mrs. Edgar Collins. residing
at Marion in Franklin Township, is in
a critical condition. as a result of hav-
Ing been shot In the neck while watch
ing the races at the Grant County Fair
Friday The youth was not aware of
having been shot until some one OBJ
served blood on his shirt. A physical n
ordered him taken home. The bullet
was fred from rife at a shooting
gallery. Officials ordered the gallery
closed forthwith. Miss Ethel FELTON,,
whose home is In Marion, barely escap-
ed being killed when she fell from a
merry go-round. Miss FELTON,, who
only recently recovered from a long
spell of illness, became dizzy while the
machine was going and fell from the
| horse" on which she was riding, suff-
ering concussion OF the brain. The at
tending physician says the skull is not
| fractured and that the girl probably
will get well.
1000 WITNESS NOVEL RACE.
A crowd of about 1000 persons was
attracted to the block bounded by
Twenty-second. Alabama. Twenty third
and New Jersey streets at Indianapolis
Friday night to see an automobile"
The crowd was the largest that has at
tended any of the races. which are hei1
almost nightly on the North Side. Don
Springate, 2233 Central avenue, pilot
of a Chalmers Red Devil" won first
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-31

YOU seem to think I'm not right
about anything said one ToIleston
man to another yesterday We'll. I
think you are right about that" was
the retort courteous.