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earlier. it Is evident that the worms this year are about as widely distributed as in the earlier part Of August then.
 It is not a question of the date on the calendar that is significant, but rather the condition of the cotton crop and when this is considered it would appear that the crop of this year is in fully as great danger from the next "crop of worms ' which will appear in most sections dur ing the first part of September as was the crop of 1911 from the worms appearing during the latter part of August. Ger tainly Alabama planters should profit from last years experience and not allow the worms to repeat an injury more than S10,0O0000 to this years crop.
 Two exceedingly widespread ideas need to be considered and immediately changed. First. that poisoning cotton to control the worms Is an expensive proposition and too expensive to be undertaken by the average man. As a matter of fact using the most expensive and most satisfactory poison, powdered
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pei. as the workers ultimately saw, though not the less effective, for the workers were children all-then. And 1t Is still true that the workers are the sincerest. the believing ones, the most docile and childlike But difference there is now, we must confess. for what we called tho rabble just now has become thoughtful entity in the polit- teal world. It is perceiving for the first time, not the fine theoretical out
 branchings of political economy. but the miserable tools that the uppermen have employed to right the social wrongs that prey on him. With con- crete vision he sees that something Is terribly wrong with the fabric of so- ciety-but he does not know what 1t Is. And for the sake of him who is most interested, I am glad that the pledge of the full dinner pail is not heard any more in the land. I begin to see that the evolution of the undermen must
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the crop was made during August. Second. the cotton worms were first reported in Alabama about July IS and half the counties in the state report ed worms before August l. The second crop of worms working during the lat ter part of August occurred abundantly in about 60 counties and did the prin- cipal damage to the 1911 crop. Nearly all of the cotton in Alabama opened during September last year.
 The situation this year differs in sew elal respects from that of 1911- very small part of the crop, estimated by many at not over 10 per cent and certain ly conservativey estimated at less than 20 per cent was made at the end of July. Most of this years crop has been set since the first of August and cotton is still continuing to put on fruit in nearly all sections of the state. In many local ities they are counting on this continued fruiting until September 1a at least, and late frost with no worms if an aver
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HANDLORE AND SYMBOLISM
Signs of Weakness and Strength--To
 Tell When a Man Is Lying

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 When a man Is not telling the truth he Is apt to clench his hands, as few men can lie with their hands open.
 A man who holds his thumbs tightly within his hand has weak will power Strong wlled persons hold their thumbs outside when shutting their hands.
 Shaking hands when greeting was orig inally an evidence that each person was unarmed.
 Among savage tribes when man holds up his hands 1t is a sign of peace, an evidence that he is unarmed or does not intend to use weapons. An outlaw says Hold up your hands" Meaning thereby to hake his victim powerless to resist ottAck.
 When man kisses the hand of 2 woman he expresses his submission. This is also the idea when kissing the hand of kings. By this act their superiority Is acknowledged.
 When an oath Is taken it Is done by raising inc right hand or laying 1t upon q Bible.
 In the conservation of bishops, priests and deacons and also In confirmation the
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relationship with the greatest southern chieftain.
 When General Lee invaded Pannsyl- vania he was one day riding through
 town at the head of his troops. tho people of which town gave every dem onstration of hostility to the Confed- crates. From the windows and balco- nies of the homes. the women waved flags and accompanied their demon strations with hissing and jeering. From all this the delicate and sensitive na- ture of Lee shrank. and, turning to one of his aides, he said: Bring Drs. Guild and Breckenridge to the front" Two more graceful and commanding personages were not in the army, and when they came galloping up, General Lee quietly placed himself between them, and the three rode abreast. With characteristic modesty General Lee later explained his reason for summon ing the two physicians to the front by saying he felt sure "the ladies would not ridicule two such handsome men
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POLITICAL OVERWORD-By A. B. Bealle

lessor Wilson, I dare say, recognizes in it the crude gestures of clambering- not yet climbing--people that is on the right road to something good, but for relaxation must have its cheap and noi- sy altercation and horseplay against the time dawn appears.
 But if in its political childhood man kind must be wined and dined and hull labalooed nightly to boost him to the sticking place where he shall accom- plish some large and thoughtful task, am curious to know what shall be his attitude when politics shall really be- come an august business, and not any more entered into with tumult and shouting and brass melodies. An essay on The Importance of Noise" will ap- pear in due time I suppose. some yir- tue, suspect, will be deduced from the mere clamor and hurrah of excited men. Indeed 1t will be some jungle virtue" my friend opines-"some joyous. care
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come to pass through denial. Perhaps the finer economies must be learned through the channel of need. I do not know what 1t all portends. But if we may judge day by it's morning, we are on the threshold of something bet
 ter. I am not sure that the din- her pails of John smith, Pat Riley and Luigi Annotelli are any fuller now than
 they were in anno domini 1892. Since that year produce values have appreei- ated; and times have been very hard with the undermen. No political party makes the prediction full dinner pail pledge any more, for the powers that legislate know, and they know that the workers know, that the prices of necessities cannot be legislated. They know that the dissolving of a trust Is as liable to appreciate the value of a commodity as depreciate 1t; and withal the smoothest legal talent Is em- ployed by the trusts, a fact so clearly
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falsifying his books and spent the money in riotous living.
 Lawrence had a wife and three children and, although he had given these host ages to fortune and was a member of the church, he could not withstand the allure ments of Broadway and the pleasures of joy riding.
 When arrested he broke down and con- fessed and said to the officer:
 "If youll lend me your revolver I will kill myself and save you the trouble of taking me to jail No; I would not, either. I'm too much of a coward
 Like many another culprit of this sort, Lawrence said when he began stealing he knew he would be caught sooner or later.
 "I knew exposure was inevitable and then I would shame my good wife and children. But each time I tried to do better some pleasure offered itself and 1 kept on blindly postponing the day when all should be revealed"
 The man poured out his confession in copious speech:
 Several times I contemplated suicide, but my nerve failed me. I went the pace. l was a fool, of course. but am very weak man. I could not live as I wanted to on my small salary. I want ed to swing around in circle of pleasure like the rich folks do, so I stole.' Weak?
 Yes, feeble fabby, flimsy human.
 And there are others A lot of people look with envy upon the high rollers and rich spenders who make lavish displays of their pleasures. The glare and glitter attract them. The wise man looks upon the showy shams of the Great White Way and re- gards the sensuous dissipators as pitiable persons who know nothing better. But all men are not wise. And this weak soul? It is plain that Lawrence had never fully imbibed the philosophy of his Mas ter. who taught that a mans life con- sisteth not in the abundance of the things that he possesseth. But how many fol- lowers of the Nazarene have imbibed that philosophy?
 Many a stronger man than Lawrence has gone down under a like temptation. The swing around in circle of pleas ure'' becomes a fatal maestrom.
 Somebody blundered. and as a result the Omaha fast mail, going nearly mile minute, crashed into the Denver limited at Western Springs, and l3 persons were killed and many wounded.
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free trace of the wild man that has re- fused to be seotched."
 Re-reading just now a dissertation on the importance of noise" by that unhappy soul, Arthur Schopenhauer, I tried to fancy the distinguished Ger man transported from his staid time and place, where to him the cracking of whips was the most terrible noise that the human race had conjured for the affliction of nerves-to this cleo tric noiseful century of windjamming g conventions. l have fancied Herr Scho- penhauer rooming across the street from the convention at Baltimore or peeking in on the madness of Heney and those other belligerent moosefolk at Chicago.
 Candidly, I think that the elamor has been good for us--good for the process es that shape us, however tediously. for
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and splendid horsemen as the two dis tinguished physicians"
 The war being over, pr. Guild went to Mobile. and though still practically young man, he was wrecked in health by the strain and exposure incident to tho long war. His energetic spirit strove with his disabled body, and he entertained the hope that by carefully husbanding his remaining strength hs might be able to recuperate. His plan was to begin life over again by en- tering on private practice in the Gulf city But his valuable services were soon summoned to another sphere. for he was made quarantine inspector of Mobile during a scourge of yellow fever, and by his skill and diligence stayed It's ravages. Tn 1869 pr. Guild removed to San Francisco with the hope of resuscitation in an equable climate, but he did not long survive his removal, for on July 4, 1870, hs died of rheumatism of the heart in tha little town of Marysville. California.
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COTTON WORM CONDITION-

have proceeded immediately to apply poi son as soon as worms were found with out giving any publicity to the fact.
 Undoubtedly this exceptionally prompt treatment of the earliest generation of the worms will have some effect in re- duclng the numbers yet to follow. Up to August 2s we have reliable reports of cotton worms from the following Alabama counties: Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb. Bull lock. Butler. Chiffon, Coffee. Conecuh, Covington, Dallas Fillmore, Escambia. Geneva, Houston. Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Mobile Mon roe, Montgomery. Perry, Pike, Sumter. Tuscaloosa, Walker and Washington. Un- questionably they occur in many other counties from which no reports have yet been received. The distribution at pres ent is practically statewide, although in most of the localities the worms are not present in numbers to do general strip ping When we compare the present dis tribution with that of 1911 three weeks
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great school of medicine was recognized to be the Jefferson Medical college. of Philadelphia. After three years course he was graduated from that famous institution He was a great favorte at the medical college, admired as much for his culture and gentleness of dispo- sition as for the scholastic rank that he held. The tenderness of his sympathy was shown by the fact that the first time he witnessed the dissection of human cadaver, he fainted, while an other side of his character was shown when at one time he saved the life of fellow student by sucking the poison from an accidental wound inflicted while operating. These sufficiently reveal the type of the man that he was.
 There was not wanting a strain of the chivalrous dash in pr. Guild, who, while he loved his profession, was not content to follow the usual humdrum of the physicians life, and consequently chose to adopt the military phase of the profession. He was accordingly ap-'
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ITION-By w. E. Hinds State Entomologist

that Alabama planters will quietly al- low the worms to do all the damage they can this year. We have already arranged for very large stocks of poi son this year which are now placed in the principal centers in the state. More poison Is available this year than could be obtained last year. Prices probably average somewhat lower also. Besides the cotton worm. cotton IS now suf- ferlng from grass worms and boil worms to an extent that is not being appreciated by the planters generally. The poison treatment will help ma terially with both of these pests as well as with the cotton worm.
 The Alabama experiment station has recently issued bulletin No. 1s4 deal- ing with the whole question of cotton worm control and copy of this may be had by any citizen of the state asking 1t. DO not wait until the worms have done their work before attempting to protect your crop. Other states besides Alabama are suffering in a. similar way.
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he condemned it as unhealthful, and was Instrumental in inducing its dis continuance.
 From Boston pr. Guild was assigned to duty on the Pacific coast, where Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston com manded the Pacific Coast division of the regular army. pr. Guilds official duties were such as to enable him to witness many scenes of Indian warfare in the far west. It was while on the Pacific coast that the rupture came be- tween the north and the south Prompt ly sacrificing his accumulated means and the popular and lucrative position which he had gained in the army, he resigned, turned his face southward, visited his old home in Tuscaloosa, and repaired to Richmond, where in July, 1861, he was appointed surgeon in the Confederate army. The following month he was sent by the Confederate government on a tour of inspection of the hospitals throughout the south.
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the social democracy. It Is even fortu- nate, perhaps, that at Baltimore the clash of interests was so fierce-fortu- nate that in one big hall all the party's erudities. madnesses, sanities should be uncontrolled for while For 1t has helped the party to a knowledge that it is in the process of losing that help lessness of childhood that for so long had marked It's political mentality--is indeed beginning to feel It's political, procreative manhood. if I may so say. that will not be begufled any more by striped sticks of candy, but will be finding it's own way out of the tangled promises of party which, in order to forward its protective theories, resort ed to the promise of a bellyful for the rabble.
 There was time most of you can remember, when the full dinner pail' argument was an eloquent one for vote- getting. The gospel was child's gos-
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uTN HE cotton worm outbreak of 1911 '1 was the most extensive, prob
 A ably ever known in Alabama. It I'd been so long since the last pre- .Jding outbreak that the presence of
 forms attracted immediate attention ,hd caused much public comment al Tough many experienced cotton plant
 Is did not expect serious injury in f11. Alabamas loss last year ranged fomewhere between 150.000 and 100000 tales upon the most conservative es- Innate. Figuring cotton lint at Il cents Is an average price and seed at $2o Ter ton, 1t is evident that the cotton ltorm in 1911 cost Alabama more than III 1000, 900.
 Several important factors should be considered in connection with the 1911 Iituation. First. so far as the crop was concerned, fully 90 per cent of 1t was made and bolls more than half grown before the end of July. Very little of
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| to summon doctor for her baby whose suffering was intense.
 The doctor said the babe must have the fresh air of the parks.
 Whereupon the mother took the child to Central park, which, valued by finan- ciers as worth billion dollars. belongs to the people of New York.
 She saw an unoccupied lawn and took her baby there. Mother and child lay down upon the grass in the shade and soon were both asleep.
 Scarcely were the slumbers begun than the majesty of the law appeared.
 park policeman awoke the tired moth CT, worn by the sleepless nights in the lot tenement, and demanded her name and address. He placed her under arrest and notified her to appear next morning in the court
 Terrified and weary, the poor mother vent back to the stuffy, noisome home" to spend another sleepless night. In the morning she left her baby with neigh5or and apepared before the mag istrate where she confessed to the helm ous crime of trespassing on the peoples premises.
 The court fined her s1. Weeping, the woman said the doctors 8 bill had taken all her savings. where upon she was remanded to Jail.
 As she started to go with the police. man a probation officer who had wit messed the trial interfered and pleaded with the court to remit the fine, which the court did. but sternly remarked that the law must be enforced The probation officer afterward took the matter up with the park commission CT. who commended the park policeman | for the arrest | We'll
 Possibly the requirements to keep off the grass is proper and there must be | a penalty.
 | But just the same | Mercy and discretion are never out of place Surely should the future historian | of the first quarter of the 10th century come across this story of how poor mother with sick baby was arrested for trespassing in T park owned by the peo- rle and remanded to Jail he will pause and moralize on the subtle cruelty of the age
 1 Put the name of Lieutenant Takum Faotumu of Japan high up in the list of | feroes.
 | Do you remember how the world was shocked a few months ago by the ap- railing loss of all tho lives of the officers
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evidence the gallant spirit of the heroic lieutenant, were these.
 "I respectfully request that none c. the families of my subordinates shall ST fer. The only thing I am anxious ah is this"
 Mark you:
 In all the writing there was no tra.> of any waillng of regret because of cruel fate. no mourning over the untimely end of a brilliant career. no expression o fear, no appeal and no prayer. Simply there in the darkness of his death prison, with the fumes of the gasoline in his nAs- trils and with death reaching for him at close quarters and with certain grip lie was only 'anxious' about the fam lies of those who were to die with him
 Can bravery further go?
 Surely Japan will be basely recreant to the memory of one of the bravest men in the annals of the Japanese-annals noted for their stories of intrepid soldiers l and seamen-if it shall have failed prop erly to provide for those families.
 And the worlds history of gallant soul. has been enriched by the story of t' Japanese officer who, dying thought O. himself, but only of the wives and chi dren that would be bereft.
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evidenced at Chicago during the trial of tho packers. The clearest legal minds. employed by the Armour-Swift- cudahy group that had fixed the prices of meats for II years, got the case thrown out of the courts for the simple reason that "the government of the United States had made out no case against the defendants" or some fool thing like that.
 And 1t Is through noiseful oonven- tions, I suspect, through brass melodies, through steam rolling. perhaps and po- litieal thievery, that our way lies to the pleasant places, whatever they are We are children of a ehild's world still and yet not such children that we can not perceive the manifest unfairness of discriminating against the minority of the family, not such foolish children that strength was lacking at Baltimore to restore the scholar to politics. l think we have gone famously so far.
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Engineer Bronson of the fast mail died in his cab with his hand gripping the re- verse lever.
 Lying in the hospital, his face twitch- ing with pain, Fireman Crane told how Bronson died.
 He said;
 sWe got no warning until we were within about 150 yards of the limited Then some one Jagged us, and at the same time couple of torpedoes were ex- rloded.
 'It was foggy Before we knew it we had crashed into the Denver train. Bron- sen died at the throttle. When he saw eeath aehad he turned to me and said:
 Train ahead I don't think can stop her. I'm going to die trying.
 Well, he died that way. He stayed right in his seat with his hand on the reverse lever"
 Somebody blundered.
 Make yourlroadbed as level as a parlo- floor, build your cars of steel. put sema- phore towers every half mile. use every safety appliance known, and yet-some- body may blunder. You cannot insure the perfect working of the mechanism of the human mind.
 In this dreadful wreck somebody blum 6ered It was not brave George Bronson, though now he is dead they are trying tc throw part of the responsibility on him.
 He died trying.
 Could any man die better than that?
 Could death find filter time to snatch away a mortal than in such moment?
 Could brave souled man go into the presence of his Maker on instant call in a better way?
 'Pl die trying
 George Bronson's life was as dear to him as yours is to you. He loved his dear ones there in Burlington as you love your own, but he loved his duty morel
 He is but one of the great army of railroad men, who live always in the presence of death and duty, who. when the clear call comes to them on the in- stant. calmly push aside all thoughts of self and loved ones and die trying.
 To all such heroic souls and to the in- trepid soul of George Bronson, engineer. hail and farewell.
 In New York tenement where 25 cents for the gas meter Is a problem and rent day Is tragedy poor woman drew on her meager savings of dimes and pennies