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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02

letters. Many of them mean nothing but they gave you the first idea of the assembling of letters into words without rupturing the muscles of your mind or fracturing the bones in your brain. In connection with each of these lessons were punches of short phrases of sen tences No word contains more than two letters. Here are familiar samples: Am I to go in?'' "He is to be by me-" 'Is he to do so by me?' ''He is to be as ann
 Then follow three lessons of words of three letters each. This is follow ed by a short reading lesson with sen tences like. "She fed the old hen.'' ''She had a new hat" 'He sits on tin box
 You have not forgotten how your heart swelled with pride when you could do that and how you became impatient to run home and tell mother.
 Then came six other lessons of words of three letters just a little harder and with longer reading sentences like Ann can hem my cap" "The pig Is In his pen"
 When you could do this, not passably, but well, you were introduced to words "eade,'' fade" jade" and so on for
 
 had a readin p9Shfs the first sentence you will reniehber, Fire will burn wood and coal''
 When you got to this stage you be- gan to browse through the almanac, the Farm and Preside, the Weekly Story Paper and other literature that happen ed to find it's way into your country home.
 Your next lesson was baker Here you learned something new. Words do not only consist of combination of let ters but they sometimes have groups of syllables But when you caught the swing 1t came easy and you saw educa- ton staring you In the face.
 The reading lesson started out with Bakers bake bread and cakes" You have not forgotten it to this day, have you?
 Following baker" you have two pages, five lessons, of wordssof one syl- lable. but from four to six letters. They are more difficult than those yet en- countered but they help to develop the mind and familiarize you with let ters and their different sounds.
 You will remember that the vowels of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
ALL ENCOURAGE
 PACKING HOUSE

Montgomery, June 1.-(Special)-The Montgomery packing house project con tinues to grow in interest. The Business Mems league, which is promoting the new enterprise, has received the most encouraging reports from various sec lions of the state, and it is announced that the new industry will shortly be launched. President Frank D. Kohn of the Business Mems league has rece1ved every possible assurance of support from the farmers of the state and other cities have declared their interest in the mat ter. It Is believed that Montgomery will have a hacking house within the next month or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02

all words and groups of words were marked to indicate their sounds. Wheth- CT long, short. broad or otherwise.
 Then you were again introduced to words of two syllables accented on the second syllable" You remember "abase."
 The first line of the reading lesson reads, Strong drink will debase a man" You have heard the statement in many forms and in many ways since but this impressed you most.
 When you get to "banquet," the forty fourth lesson, you were turned Lack for review and the short term closed.
 At the beginning of the next term yoII made short review of all you had gone over before and continued the conquest of "botany," "amity,' "abasement" and horseback That brought you to .1uminary" and you felt that you were getting an education in big chunks.
 The reading lessons now are becom- ing very instructive, not only explain ing the meaning of the words in the spelling lesson but giving a store of general information. Here Is 8 good ex- ample: "The devil Is the great adver- sary of man"
 Now you climb, step by step through groups of words accented on various syllables leach lesson the same. like "revengeful," "judicature," bonfire" "cherubim." "triennial," "antecedent,' "cinnamon," "adventurous," until you come to ''materiality," words of six syllables accented on the fourth or ant penult.
 It is comparatively easy sailing from here on to the pictures" beginning on page 139. You have not forgotten "the ,,io nd bn fa xuit hat fty,- pressive morals.
 There is poor dog Tray, who was caught in bad company, the boy wno was stoned from the apple tree, the ingenious cat who tried to outwit the mice and the man who played the pos sum when the bear attacked him.
 After the pictures come words that sound alike but have different mean ings You have never forgotten how you puzzled and worked over them. Did you ever master them? If you did and also stored away all the information that came before the pictures" your early educational equipment was not lad. ' I was about to forget the picture that illustrated the first page of the speller Wisdom is leading the young barefoot boy up the foothills of life. She is pointing him to the top where stand the sparkling halls of knowledge and fame just beyond The picture is an inspira- tion and every boy of the old schoo liked to place himself in the positor of the boy with knowledge and fame just before him.
 The spelling bee was one of the most popular pastimes of the old days wher pupils were taught to spell and ac- quired the art of reading afterwards
 But the spelling bee, like good spell irg, seems to have lost its popularity They went out with the old Blue back" spelling book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
BIG WAREHOUSE
 IS INCORPORATED

Montgomery, June 1.-(Special. )--The secretary of state has been informed of the incorporation of the Southern States Cotton corporation, of Birmingham, cap italized at s25,O00. with s15,0O0 paid in capital. The incorporators are C. c. Wadsworth, r. Straight-Miller, and c. e. McSmth.
 Other interpretations reported are as follows:
 The Kle-Nol company of Montgomery. Capitalization, $300,O00; paid in capital, sl0O 100. lncorporators: C. w. Blue. Mrs. Mary $. Fitzpatrick, J. Kirk Jackson, Cyrus B. Brown. Henry J. Willinghan and others.
 The Milligan Land company, of lief lin Cleburne county Capitalization sl0Ooo Incorporators, w. G. Miliigan l. A. Owens and Nellie May Milligan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
RICHARDSON DIES
 NEAR OPELIKA

Opelika, June 1-(Special At Society Hill Sunday evening at o'clock MT. c. A. Richardson, a well known planter of that section, died after a lingering illness. He had lived in that commun- ity several years. The burial took place at Society Hill yesterday. Surviving are his wife and three sisters Mrs Jennie Owsley of Notasuga, Mrs. s. H. Jen- kins of Upatoi, Ga, Mrs. Ella Ingram of Columbus. Those from here attending the funeral were c. c. Torbert and wife, w. L. Melton and wife, J.. w. and E. A. Torbert, Frank Farley.
 The Martha Wayles Jefferson Chapter, D. A. R. elected the following officers yesterday for the ensuing year: Mrs. J. H. Thomson, regent; Mrs. Will Thorn ton, vice president; Miss Bethany Hicks, secretary; Mrs. Walter Guitars. treas urer. Mrs. J. l.. Cowan, register; Miss Katherine Dean. historian; Mrs. s. R. Williams, chaplain.
 civil service examination will be held June o1 in this city for carriers and clerks. The examination will be conducted by the local secretary, Dallas B. Smith, J..
 special from Lafayette today says that workmen are on the ground to be- gin work on the new municipal light water and sewerage system. An expen- diture of s3s,120 is involved in the pro- posed work, which will be completed by September 1. J. B. McCrary & Co.,, of Atlanta. have the contract. This is the same company engaged at present on the water works of Opelika.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02

ton as to general crop and economic con- dltions. Among the reports are the fol- lowing. evincing the conditions in the state at present:
 W. s. House, Conecuh County: "The demonstrators seem to be hopeful for a good crop this year. Some of my demon strators have corn that will average waist high, while a rule it is compara- lively small at this time of year.
 w. H. Pace, Lee county, writes of the scarcity of labor. Labor questions" he said. "seem to be the hardest problem that the farmer has to contend with now, and they are beginning to see the necessi- ty of better and more improved farming"
 In south Alabama, near the boil wee vii zone the demonstrators are vigilant in expectation of the pest. George A Ma loney of Citronelle, writes
 'No weevil has been found on cotton to date, though the demonstrators are watchful.
 An example of the assistance which the agents render the farmers Is given in the report of Frank Simmons the Conecuh county agent. He tells of how the farm- CTS who followed his instructions profted.
 My assurance to the farmers last week that if they would hustle and keep the , crust broke few warm days would bring out the crop, has been fully sus tained,' he writes. T have never seen
 
 last week. The farmer is full of hope and enthusiasm"
 The agents are urging the introduction of new crops c. K. Fountain, Escambia county agent, writes that the people there are planting more velvet beans. and that he is urging the production of more peas; from Clark county, E. O. Calhoun writes that his people have taken up the culture of burr clover.
 S. w. Walton, Perry County: .Thc farmers are In fine spirits; they have had a fine season, and fine weather to work, and the corn and cotton both look good and very encouraging for a big crop. From the report of A. H. Moorman, agent for Washington county, can be gathered a conception of the progressive ness of men who are in charge of the work as county agents. MT. Moorman | prefaces his general remarks with the l report that last week he attended both the Good Roads congress in Birm .as,-l,.-s .. and meeting of th- Farmers state exec utive committee. w L. Lett, Greene county, writes that | his cotton and corn is in splendid condi- tion. He says that the good condition of the early cotton is proof that early planting pays in non-infested boil weevil districts.
 Tidings of new farm crops come from the report of W. H. Batchelor, Elmore county. who writes that the harvesting of wheat and oats has checked the work on cotton.
 John F. Pittman, Enterprise, Coffee County: "The prospects for great crop are good: the farmers are in fine spirits. They prepared their crops better this year than before
 John H. Windham, Elba, Coffee eoun- ty. writes: The demonstration work Is proving popular"
 G. A. Ritch, Bullock County: More harrows and cultivators are being used' and more are sold than ever before
 The reports quoted .are random samples from those sent MT. Phelps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
Mrs. Reeves Dies

Greenville. June 1.-(Special Mrs. Sol lie Reeves of this city died at her home about four o'clock Monday evening. She has been suffering about seven years from pellagra and had been unable to overcome absolute relief from her suf- ferings She was about 90 years of age. She leaves four children. three daugh- ters and one small son. lnterinent was made at the Damascus cemetery. near Crecnville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02

sleep nights any more. It kept itching for about a month, then l went to . doctor and got some liquid to take. It seemed as if I was going to get better. The il c h n $
 stopped for about three days, but when it started again, was even worse than before. The eczema itched so badly l couldn't stand it any more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
LAWRENCE NEXT
 AT GREENVILLE

Greenville, June 1.-(Special.)-on next Sunday the Rev. Brooks Lawrence, the anti-saloon leader of the state. will speak here twice, in the morning in the Methodist church and in the evening at the Baptist church. His subject will be "The Logical Answer to the Saloon Question:" Circulars are being displayed on the streets announcing the speeches of MT. Lawrence here.
 The heat wave which struck here on last Friday reached its maximum tenn perature here today when the thermome- ter registered 97 in the shade at 5 o'clock. The heat has been very m tense with not a breath of air stirring and there has been quite a little suffer- ing from it among those w1o had to be in the sun. The remainder of the popu- lation of the city have been hunting the shady places
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02

years. People are moving everything 10 crowd cotton and get 1t made before August. when the boil weevil is sched- uled to do its damage.
 The Corn club boys are delighted With the condition of their corn and LOOK forward to breaking last years phe- nomenal records
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
ECZEMA |TCHED 50 1 COULDN'T STAND IF
Began by Little PimpIes. Scratched Until Blood Came. Kept Getting Worse. Could Not Sleep Nights.
 Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and the. First Day They Relieved
 itching. In n3Weeks EczemaCured

.'I suffered with eczema on my neck for about six months, beginning by little pim- ples breaking out. l kept scratching till tho blood came. It kept getting worse, lcouldn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
NJ FR|VOUT|ES
 AT GREENSBORO Prof. Christenberry's Death
 Cause of Sorrow MIR. HEFLIN TO SPEAK Programme Begins Sunday With an Address By Bishop Mouzon. President Sledd to Deliver
 Baccalaureate
MIR. HEFLIN TO SPEAK

Greensboro, June 1.-(Special)-The Southern university commencement is the all absorbing topic here, and visitors are already beginning to arrive. Next Sunday, June 4, the commencement ser mon will be preached in the university chapel by Bishop E. D. Mouzon of Texas. The Rev w. O. Waggener of Eufaula
 will deliver the sermon before the Y. NJ c. A, at night in the Methodist church.
 On Tuesday, Congressman J. T. Hehin of LaFayette will deliver the address be- | fore the literary societies. and Repre- sentative J. H. James of Uniontown will address the alumni.
 Oratons of the graduating class will be Wednesday morning. D. Y. Register of
 Daleville, salutatorian; c. s. Cox of Mo-
 bile, valedictorian. President Andrew Sledd's baccalaureate address is looked | forward to as one of the most interesting | features of commencement Dr. Sledd is scholar and a. beautiful speaker, Out of respect to Professor of English D. P. Chrstenberry, who has served on the faculty longer than any other member, and WnOSe Suuuen Oedll SHOCkeQ tillS community last Sunday, all of the social functions attendant in commencement alumni and Greek letter fraternity ban almni and Greek letter fraternity ban banquets and baseball games.
 There will be no music during the exer- cises, indeed, only the necessary exer- cises. and everything will be done to show the love and esteem in which this good man was held.
 Charles Wheeler had the misfortune to lose his fine White steamer by fire. He, accompanied by his wife and 6-year-old daughter, were motoring to Eutaw when the gasoline pipe burst. In relighting the pilot light the gasoline from the broken pipe ignited and the car burned to the frame in five minutes.
 Mrs. Wheeler and child fortunately had gotten out, but the suit cases and other things in the car were consumed by the flames. The accident occurred in the river swamp. A phone in a farm house near by was used and soon a machine from Greensboro brought the Wheelers to town.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
PURELY PERSONAL

T. P. Fulton had business at Davis
City Tuesday.
T. p. Fulton had business at Davis
City last Thursday.
w. S. Snyder went to Humeston
Friday to visit few days.
G. G. Mcclure, of Leroy, had bust
ness in this city Tuesday.
Marion F. Stookey had legal bust
ness at Pleasanton Thursday.
George Allen, of Lamont, had bust
ness in this city last Thursday.
John Norton went to New Hamp-
ton, Mo. Monday to buy horses.
J r. Billiard, of Grand River, had
business in this city last Friday.
E. G.. Northey, of Grand River, had
business in this city last Friday.
G. w. Dunn, of Van Vert, had
business in this city last Friday.
Curtis Burrell, of Davis City, was
a visitor in this city last Friday.
w. H. Snyder was visiting with
friends at Garden Grove Tuesday.
Ben Grimm, of near Grand River,
was visitor in this city Monday.
L. L. Payton, of kellerton, had
business in this city last Tuesday.
C. M. Keller left Monday on a
business trip to Marysville, Mo.
Mrs. Nora Kizzire, of Davis City,
was a visitor in this city Friday.
A. G. Craig, of Davis City, had
business in this city last Friday
Mrs. L. E. Reed, of near Kingston,
was visitor in this city Monday.
Rev. A. L. Harper, of GAINESVILLE,
had business in this city Saturday.
Henry Sherrow, of Pleasanton,
had business in this city Tuesday.
Lew Dobson, of Davis City, was a
business visitor in this city Tuesday.
:. Roy Stolberg, of Lamont, was a
business visitor in this city Tuesday.
Homan Pullin was visiting be-
tween trains at Pleasanton Saturday.
Mrs. W. A. Smith, of Humeston,
was a visitor in this city Tuesday.
Bert Fetty, of Davis City, was a
business visitor in this city Tuesday.
+. Sutherlin, of Davis City, had
business in this city last Saturday.
l.. Bason, of Davis City, was a
business visitor in this city Monday.
Attorney Geo. w. Baker had bust
ness calling him to Clarinda Monday.
J. ]. Smith and wife, of Weldon,
we're visitors in this city Monday.
Raymond Gorsline, of Leroy, was a
business visitor in this city Monday.
Miss Florence Seward, of Decatur
City, was visiting in this city Monday.
Joe Bailey, of Garden Grove, was
a business visitor in this city Monday.
R. NJ. Lewis, of Osceola, was bust
ness visitor in this city last Friday
Mrs. W. S. Bear, of Decatur City,
was a visitor in this city last Friday.
William Asbach, of Davis City,
was a visitor in this city Monday.
B. F. Statler, of Davis City, was a
business visitor in this city Monday
Miss Mabel McIlvain, of Grand
River, was visitor in this city Mon
day.
Charles Mcdowell, of Davis City,
was visitor in this city last Satur-
day.
Mrs. James Lake, of Decatur City,
was visiting in this city last Satur-
day.
Miss Iris Tolbert, of Decatur City,
was a visitor in this city last Satur-
day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23

The c. w. B. M. will observe their
goth anniversary Wednesday, March
l., at the Christian church. A spec
ial program has been prepared and
every lady of the church is request
ed to be present.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23

A. E. Cotterill will sell at public
auction March Z, 30 head of short
horn cattle, head of horses and
some shoats. See advertisement next
week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09

HOW many graduates OF Agricultural
college courses go back to the farm?
That question has been asked fire..
quently since ths back 10 the farm"
movement came into prominence AT
every agricultural college different
answer is to be found, but quite rer.
orally 1t has been ascertained that a
large proportion of agricultural SIN
dents go into other pursuits than arr,.
culture,
Iowa seems to afford a nleasinr
exception. There the graduates of ar.
ricultural colleges have really gone
back to the farm. This is especially
noteworthy in one branch of agricul-
tural education. animal husbnndry. In
the years 1910 and 1911, sixtv-six
young men finished their courses in
animal husbandry al the Iowa Stare
College. OF that number. fftv-t,vo
are to-day actually engaged in farm
ms, SIX are employed as college in
structors in agriculture, three are en-
gagged in agricultural journalism. two
are teachers of agriculture In high
schools and one is in dairy test work
Every one OF the sixty-six has taken
up some pursuit allied with agricul-
ture; nearly every man has really
gone back to the farm.
1t is well to note that every man
of the siNty-siX is probably and pleas
antly placed. That speaks highly of
the advantages OF an agricultural ed :
ucation for young men. 1t affords the
average younG man opportunities
larger and better than the law, medi
cine or business in cities. and it opens
life that means health and wealth
If rightly lived. Many a Arst-class
farmer who would have made good
money is now pining away in dim
and dusty law Office or praying Tor the
patients that never come.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09
COLONEL GEORGE H,uvry

In counting the number of news
paper editors. correspondents and re-
porters who have been appointed to
the rank Of Colonel by the Governors
OF south Carolina, no mention has been
made of the most daring of the long
list of fighting men who have served
with distinction in this position
Colonel George Harvey of Harper's
weekly. whose military fitness was
hrst recognized by Governor Clinch
Hayward, with the assistance of a
judge of such matters, and who was
SO much impressed with Colonel Har-
Ney's proves that he retained him as
an invaluable member of his personal
stan during both his terms. in which
heHward honored the State which had
honored him, always keeping the New
York Colonel at the front near the
hashing or whatever it was that mad,
sound like active firing all along
the Cline.
So faithfully did Colonel Harvey
perform his duties that when Gov
ernor Ansel succeeded Hayward he
also conferred the rank of Colonel on
Harvey, so that Harvey is actually the
most seasoned of all the newspaper
Coionels or South Carolina, which
leads us to remark that when Wood
row Wilson is elected President next
year, manifestly the first of his Official
acts should be the appointment of
Harvey to be Secretary OF War, for
which portfolio we now nominate him.
IN tha' office as compared with Slim
son he would shine like the morning
star 'Dinna We hear the slogan"
Woodrow Wilson is coming. and that
srim-visaged representation of War
riding at his side is Harvey.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09
4 nn,vE wonD ron rur co,.oxr

All is not lost Bella Toka;i. Presi.
dent Of the National Progressive
League of the state Of New York. has
written letter to the Chicago Fri
bune in which he is frank enoueb 10
ADMIT mat in my humble judgment
there Is no man in America TODAY who
mas as large following, whom tho
american people love as dearly. and
whon they honor and respect as much
as they 90 Citizen Theodore Roosevelt E"
senator Clamp told Mr. Tokaii that
next to Abraham Lincoln. there never
was man in American history who
measured with plummet so accurately
the depth, the current the force and
the direction of the great purpose OF
the American people as did Theodore
Roosevelt"
All thls has been brought out by the
testimony of George IL Earle. Jr
of Philadelphia. in the Sugar Trust
investigation and his statement that
Theodore Roosevelt did not do his
duty.as President of the United States i"
1T has seemed TO some persons who
nave followed the course of this In
vestigation that there was much
merit in Eerie's statement upon this
po'st; but Mr. Tokaji places the blame.
Tor the apparent failure OF President
Roosevelt to do his duty in making this
corporation come TO time" on
Charles Jerome Bonaparte and "as an
American citizen who believes in fair
play and a square deal he asks lis
II fair. is st Just Is it American to
criticize Theodore Roosevelt for accept.
ins advice OF a member of his Cabinet.
the Attorney General OF the United