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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
SELMA POSTOFFICE
FIGURES INCREASE
Greatest Gain in Any Department Of
the Office Is the Parcel
Post

Selma, December Especial. Fig
cures which have been complied up to
the close of business of the Selma post
office on December 10 show a decided
increase in the business of the office In
every department.
The greatest gain in any department
of the office, according to the figures.
Is in the parcel post department. Since
the Inauguration of that department
during the early part of the year the
business has increased at tremend-
GUS rate. To handle the Christmas busi-
ness of that department successfully a
wagon was put into commission several
weeks ago and second wagon for the
delivery Of packages will be placed in
commission Monday, and which will be
continued in operation until after the
holidays.
The money order department. accord
ing to the figures compiled, also shows
large increase in both the amount
of money orders received and sent out.
The increase in the amount of money
orders transmitted from Selma though
shows a gain of $500 over that for
the same period last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
EU[ENW|DER HEAD
OF LAND COMPANY
Succeeds w. w. Crawford as
President of East Lake
Land Company

A L. Falenwider has been elected pres
cordlng to an announcement made yester-
day. and he will have full charge of the
operations and developments of that COM
panys property located in East Lake ana
at Roebuck Springs. He succeeds W. "
Crawford. president of the American
Trust and Savings bank
II was considered proper for the COM
pany's president to give his entire time TO
the affairs of the company, and as Mr..
Crawford's banking business could not ii.
low that, he resigned. Mr.. Fulenwidef
1t is announced will undertake without
delay to arrange a very brisk movement
of properties at Roebuek Springs. His
knowledge of the conditions there, where
he has resided for the past three years.
equips him to handle that development.
Mr. Fulerwider. it Is stated. is of the
opinion that the company can arrange 70
finance homes in that section for builders
without any great difficulty and that plan
will be worked out as consistently as pos
sible Heretofore 1t has been with some
difficulty that builders were financially
assisted in that section.
With Mr. Fulenwider at the helm of
affairs in that section, with the street
car service now arranged with the social
prominence of the Roebuck club and other
attractive features 1t is expected that i'm
mediately after the holidays there will be
brisk revival of activities a Roebuek.
That the developments in that section
will be unusually brisk by reason Of Mr..
Fuenwider's acceptance of the presidency
of the company is generally believed. He
will be assisted in the general scheme of
betterment by Ross c. Smith, who was
elected vice president. to succeed Bradley
j. Saunders, recently resigned to enter the
automobile business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
LOV6mdn, an Joseph jii;il !; {; Loeb 81


ports will show crop in excess of the
governments forecast. and claims that
even if the south holds high grade cot
ton for better prices, pressure of low
grades is likely to develop, should there
be no Improvement in the demand.
At the same time, there have been
conspicuously few reports OF southern
hedge selling In either of the three large
contract markets. and while 1t is sug-
gested that the bulk of the demand on
declines here has resulted jim the realiz-
ing of recent sellers, there have also been
reports of considerable trade buying
against spinners fixing prices. Notwith-
standing unfavorable reports as to trade
and financial conditions abroad. the iv-
erpool market has been relatively steady
during the entire week. This has led
to widening of the difference between
New York and the English market and
some buying to undo old straddles. al
though in certain circles still wider diff
ferences are predicted, on. theory that
low grade cotton will weigh more heavily
against New York than on the foreign
market The supply and distribution fig
ures. as published by the census bureau
idct 0ioHudy, showed Smailer amount
Of cotton consumed by domestic mills for
November than October, but as Novem-
Der II q short month"; the statement was
most generally taken as reflecting fairly
well maintained activity among the mills,
and the weekly figures Of spinners' TAX
fngs remain more nearly in line with the
early, and recently reiterated bulish esti-
mates of the worlds requirements, than
with the more generally pessimistic view
of prevailing or prospective conditions.
Private ginning returns have suggested
q census report OF about 1880, 900 bales
ginned to December Is, from the census
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
CHEAPER ELECTRIC
POWER FOR GADSDEN
T. II. Friel Makes PROPOSE
ton to Mayor and
Council

Gadsden. December 19.-fspeciaI. J
A proposition to supply the city of
Gadsden with cheap electric power ard
lights will be submitted January by
T. H. Friel Of the Birmingham Water.
Light and Power company. Mr.. Fried
held conference with Mayor Hol-
combe and Alderman w. 2. johnson
yesterday evening. The company is to
secure power from the big dam Of the
Tennessee Power company at Hales
Bar The current can be furnished the
city, which may act distributes.
sust as it does in supplying water TO
large consumers the company fur
nishes power at one-half cent per Kill
owatt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
COTTON MARKET
GENERALLY WEAK
Prices Show Decline Dur
ing Week-General
Liquidation

New York. December 1s.-The cotton
market during the past week generally
has been weak and unsettled with prices
showing declines of from IS to 70 points
as compared with the best figures reached
after the publication of tho government s
crop estimate last Friday. The selling
movement has apparently reflected more
or less general liquidation, and a more
aggressively bearish sentiment accom-
panied by continued talk of slackening
trade, predictions that further ginning re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
To Entertain Morris

Rome, December 1a-The American
ambassador. Thomas Nelson Page, has
arranged for the reception Of Ira Nelson
Morris. special commissioner. to sseiG the
oo-operAtion Of Italy In the Panama Pa
cific exposition by the foreign minister.
Marquis Di San GiuItano. tomorrow. 1t
is probable also that Mr. Morris may
meet King Victor Emmanuel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
Selma Police Force Increased

Selma, December 1s.--tSpecial)-sey-
eral additional members have been added
to the Selma police department for tho
holiday season to preserve order. The
department will make every effort TO see
that a safe and sane Christmas Is OBJ
served BY the people of the city and all
fireworks ordinances on the statute books
will be strictly enforced By the members
of the department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
To End Labor Crisis

Brussels, December 19-Statements
made recently by the Belgian premier
Charles De Broqueville, indicates that
the government intends to make every
possible effort to end the labor crisis in
the Congo colony, which greatly dis
1t Is believed the government will make
such notifications as will permit the
immigration of Chinese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

IAN THINKING OF YOU TODAY BECAUSE IT Is
S CHRISTMAS AND WISH YOU HAPPINESS
TOMORROW BECAUSE TT WILL BE THE DAY Aft
ER CHRISTMAS, | SHALL STILL WISH YOU HAP
PINESS AND so ON CLEAR THROUGH THE
YEAR. MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL YOU ABOUT
IT EVERY DAY, BUT THAT MAKES NO DIFFER.
ENCE; THE THOUGHT AND THE WISH WILL. BE
HERE JUST THE SAME. WHENEVER JOY OR S
SUCCESS COMES TO YOUI WILL Make ME- GLAD {
-HENRY
And this is my Christmas wish to you.
One of great many beautiful sentiments that decorate
Christmas Cards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

bureau tomorrow morning, and have ell
couraged sellers, who claim that such
showing could only be reconciled with the
governments crop estimate by assuming
that 1t represented a larger percentage
of the total yield than ever before ginned
to the date In question
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
Schubert Found Guilty

Milwaukee, Wis December 19.-Ramon
Schubert, 26 years old and wealthy. was
today found guilty Of murder in the
fourth degree and sentenced to one year
gin prison for running down and killing
Mabel Lohman, 4-year-old, with an auto
mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
Portugal to Be Represented

Lisbon, December 19.-The American
legation has been advised that Portugal
will be represented by warship at the
celebration of the opening Of the Pana-
ma Pacific exposition at San Francisco.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
New Vear's Gjfta.

The New Years gift no doubt orig
mated with the Romans, for with them
giving md taking was carried to such
an extravagant degree during all the
365 days Of the year that Emperor
Claudius prohibited the demanding of
presents except on New Years day;
but the practice continued for many
years. In England and Scotland the
sixteenth century customs are numer-
Gus. and many OF them are strangely
childish. In Scotland It was perfectly
allowable to ask for . New Years
gift. and Henry the Third 10 said to
have extorted p.csents In plate and
other valuables; while Queen Eliza
beth's jevelry and wardrobe were al.
most wholly provided from these gifts.
In old times gloves were popular. but
In that age very expensive New Years
presents and when money was given
Instead Of . gift Il was called "slevs
Gassy."
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
Mean Swindle.

Bishop Blougram, at a tea in Den
yer, said of the exrh,itation OF white
slavery" by novelists and ploywrights:
These weak writer's cant even shock
us. They have neither the pluck nor
the power to shock us. And thus those
who read their vapid stories or see
their vapid plays are fooled as badly
as the $4,000 German schoolgirls.
In Germany. the other day, a scoun-
drel inserted an advertisement In all
the newspapers of the landau adver-
tsement OF book entitled What
Every Young Girl Should Know Before
Marriage This book would be sent
securely sealed in plain wrapper, on
receipt OF $3.50. And so forth and so
on
wei, $4,000 German girls each sent
81 so to the advertiser, and guess what
they got for their money. They got a
cook book"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
Tea From Coffee Leaves.

Tea. as everybody knows. is made
from leaves. while coffee Is derived
from berries or beans. Just here IS
where something has been overlooked,
In the opinion of scientific investi.
gator. The leaves OF the coffee plant
are not only available for making a
beverage. but they possess properties
which make them more valuable than
the coffee beans.
In appearance and fragrance the
dried coffee leaves very much resem.
BILE those OF the tea plant. An infu.
sion of them being made. just as In
the case of ordinary tea. an aromatic
beverage is produced that Is bitter to
the taste. but not disagreeably so. and
which contains almost as much theme
as real tea. while there IL much
smaller proportion of tannin.
II may yet be possible to grow tea
| and coffee on the same plant.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
New Years In the Far East.

In Japan the New Year is welcomed
with far more energy than In this
country. Let a mans energy be ever
SO defective. he is expected to rise at
4 a. m. and don new clothes to meet
the auspicious morning. Then, with
his gala garments in due order. he
worships the gods. performs obeisance
to the spirits of his ancestors, and
pays homage to all relations older
than himself. No ordinary viands are
consumed at breakfast. The tea must
be made from water drawn from the
we'll as the first ray of the New Years
sun strikes 1t. On every table figures
a red lacquer tray, covered with ever
green leaves, and supporting a rice
dumping. a lobster, orange persim-
mons, chestnuts. dried sardines and
herring root; all these dishes possess
ing an allegorical sAniHcation. This
meal is the start Of the festivities.
which are continued for 16 days. bust.
ness being almost entirely suspended
for the first week Of the year.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
HEROES OF COMMONPLACE
They Are the Ones Who FIJI Chinks
Of Life and Shut Out Chilly
World.

To you who have achieved. many
will wish Happy New Year. For
you who are facing success on a Sc
cure upward path. you who are
warmed by the sunshine of human in
tercourse and strong with the joy Of
life, a Happy New Year is all but as
sured. To you who face life crisis
with the prosperous outlook of sue
cess beyond, to you In whom hope has
steeled determination even In the
presence of the fiercest obstacles, the
New Year promises well. To you 9th
ers whom the angel OF grief through
the passing years has folded in so
close an embrace that your eyes have
not caught the CLEAN of his wings or
known that they were blessed. the
year will bring a tender ministration
that Is Times own privilege. But
what horoscope is there for each in
that great army Of the unknown he
roes who face no bracing ordeal nor
promise OF physical or mora, cheer
who with faces set toward tomorrow
see no light, no warmth, but the same
pitiless world that has been their lot
for years! And yet these smile bright
ly. They are the ones who flll the
chinks of life and shut out for US an
often chilly world; they are the apos
ties Of the little things. the despised
things, whose sacrifices we accept
with as slight thought as we bestow
on the things themselves. Yet are
they the links which hold the world
together.-Collier's Weekly.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24

land offers to the willing worker. How
the poor emigrant on the open prairie.
through energy and activity. within 6
years worked his way up to being \
wellto-do farmer AMI esteemed citi.
zen. More. the farmer did not re-
quire to say. Why did he emigrate
WHY? Why | saw the answer with
my own eyes. s."-Advertisement.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
Formlnp Resolutions.

New Year invokes shades Of the
good resolutions Of the mast. All!
these what might have beens" are .
source of mental annoyance. But.
don't let that deter 10 from again
forming our good resolutions. Make
them by all means. and having made
them. let's stick to them. and when
1914 comes to make it, exit our good
resolutions will not have evolved
themselves into thsss fstal good ~
teationA
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
one Up Your
Weak Liver

The best, safest and most gentle
remedy for constipation and sluggish
liver Is the celebrated HOT SPRINGS
LIVER BUTTONS.
You'll be pleased and satisfied with
.he result OF the first one you take.
They drive the poisonous waste and gus
from the bowels, and purify the blood.
They are simply the best ever for head
ache, dizziness, biliousness, nervousness,
lack Of appetite and that no ambition
feeling.
Women! take little chocolate coated
HOT SPRINGS LIVER buttons, 10
rid the skin Of pimples, blotches aud sal
lowness. All Druggists, 25c, and money
back, II not satisfied. sample free from
Hot Springs Chem. Co.. Hot Springs. Ark.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
Found a Flaw.

Little Pierre had been taken to the
seaside and expressed himself on his
return as disappointed with the ocean.
What's the matter with the sea?"
asked his surprised father. Isn't 1t
big enough, my boy?"
"Yes-but 1t has only one shore"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
All Is Fish to the Net.

Catch anything while you were
away on your vacation"
Sure. | did. II weighed 2S pounds.
You catch anything"
"Uh-huh. told you would. She
weighs 1870 and her dads worth half
OF street railway company. an cleo
trio lighting plant and two brewer
les"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
Suits Him, All Right.

Mrs. Enright-Sh . Us small
checks will be ip fashion for new fall
suits.
Mir. Enright--Thank heayen!-Puck.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
Not the Kind.

"Mr Jones put down his foot on his
daughter Mabel's engagement to Billy"
But not with the stamp OF ap-
proval."
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24

Many fellow who goes hunting
for a wife bags nothing but his trou.
sers at the knees.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
His Message.

THAT man has "A look of profound
wisdom I'm anxious to hear what he
has to say"
"Well?"
Good heavens, He's announcing
that he has on exhibition the only
three-legged chicken In existence"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24

II isn't a good plan to allow your
regrets for yesterday To overshadow
your hopes for tomorrow
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24

Don't worry about what the world
thinks Of you. The world has several
billions OF other people to think about
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24

It's when we turn over new leaf
that we realize one good turn de.
serves another.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24

Some men are almost as much
afraid of microbes as some women are
OF mice.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
Heading Him on.

Heaven lies about US In our In.
fancy Now"
80 does our father. Were you 90.
ing to tell me something smart that
your little boy had said?"
"All have to say to you, sir. 10
gocd-day!"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24

Don't buy water for bluing. Liquid blue b
almost all water. buy Red Cross Ball Blue,
the blue that's oil blue. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24

A teaspoonful of gossip will taint a
kettleful of pu e truth
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24

||||HIEz!'I|Z ||HEI'||Z 81
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"AAsp year 10 y.a,." "-lniaA xxs. L.
So goes the old year FORTH as goes
king with no attending train.
AS goes monarch old who knows
The courtier months--a and now, alone
The old year proudly falters on .
The new year comes 10 claim his throne
But we %yl': that st stand lass as subjects l cts stand stand
While faints the narrow thread of sand
Should we look out adown the way
Whereon eager feet would fare
Or should we gaze at yesterday
And see what is recorded there!
Aye, backward then moments space
Look backward at the dmming hills
With drifting haze the & distance su,s FIJI fills;
Save that in shrinking souls
Feared that the climb was long and steep.
Now the horizon whence wend
Seems but path all smooth and fair
Where frowning hill and valley blend,
And any load were light to bear.
Could we go back! All, might we go
Once more upon the dwindlng way
The trials would not fret us
The trifes, now, of yesterday.
So in the temple of the years
We gaze back at the fading view
The composite of laughs and tears
Then turn to face the roadway
The year comes, comes king,
Appareled in rich stuffs and gold
Grant that unto it we may bring
The good we garnered from the old.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-24
Heard on the Train.

Does your boss ever find fault with
you?'
Never"
He must he fine sort Of man"
lie Isl work for myself"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-03-06
Good Record Made
by Wisconsin Cow

Nancy of Spring Valley, a five-year
old full blood registered Holstein COW
bred by Harrison Reach, of Glenbeu-
lab, Wis, and now owned by w. Cros-
by of the same place, has made a very
good record for los days, commencing
on the 18th of September, 1912, UP to
the first of January 1913, during which
period she gave SITS pounds OF milk,
an average of Is pounds per day. Best
month 1852 pounds, best seven days
632 pounds, best test Al. This is a
phenomenal record inasmuch as that
on account Of sickness Mr.. Crosby did
not have the care Of the COW from
Nov. IL to Jan. Isl, when she was car
ed for BY a boy only fifteen years old
Who had had but little experience Id
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-03-06

got his gun and went out in search
Of the animal. He followed the
tracks for a distance Of about half
a mile, when they seemed suddenly
to disappear. He stopped and was
looking around wondering where the
animal could have gone, when hap
pening to glance in the direction of
some brush about eight yards in front
of him he observed the cougar in a
position ready to spring. Instantly his
gun was at his shoulder and he fired
just as the animal sprung. It turned
a somersault in the air and alighted
at Mr.. Chesterfield's feet, it's tail
striking his legs. The shot had en-
tered it's forhead and had been a fatal
one, coming out at the neck. The
animal proved to be one of unusual
size, it's length being 8 feet 2 inches
from tip to tip. Naturally, Mr.. Ches-
terfield is proud of his trophy, as it
does not fall to the lot of even an ex-
p%erienced hunter like himself to bag
a cougar very often. The bounty is
$25, and the skin will probably be
worth $40, so that the days work
brought more than fame to Mr.. Ches-
terfield."
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-03-06
Buck Explains Egg
Production OF Hens

Geo. F. Buck, manager of the Wa
tertown Produce Co., while in con-
yersation with the editor of the Sat
urday News, impaired some inside in
formation on the egg laying capacity
of the domestic hen which will no
doubt be of interest to the readers of
the, Saturday News. Mr.. Buck has
spent many years in the egg business
and he is probably one of the best
posted men on eggs and poultry in
general in the state. He said in an
swer to a question:
yes, this winters unusual pleasant
weather has been keeping the supply
of eggs up and the price more or less
down. But every egg that has been
laid as a result of this weather situa-
ton means one egg less for the future,
for nature has so regulated the egg
production of every hen that man
cannot add n yolk to the number
she bears upon stepping out of the
shell as a chick. The breeder has
succeeded in fastening the maturity
of his birds and the laying of the
first egg and in keeping his egg pro-
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-03-06

first 25 bird event and repeated%ehe
nings by shooting off ties with grown
ups" in both events.
That the boy was not favored in
his handicap of eight targets is evil
dent from the fact that in his first at
tempt at the elusive clay birds, made
only a short time age, he vas able to
break only AZ out of 1O0-an initial
score not without promise, by the
way. In his one other trial at the
traps before making his first publish
ed record, the young shooter broke
SO out of 100.
AS field shooters, however, father
and son, each with his own pet gun
and both shooting Remington-UMC
shells as at the traps, often roam the
game haunts together and in this
form of shooting sport the youthful
Nimrod excels many seasoned hunters.
Ralph l.. SPOTS, father of the boy
whose future as a trap shooter seems
so bright, who was a member of the
victorious American Trap Shooting
Team at the Olympic Games, firmly
believes that every boy should learn
the use Of arms and ammunition as
part of his life equipment.
81 dc not believe that closer OBJ
servance of the laws Of pure, clean
sport can be found anywhere than
among trap Shooters" Nj. SPOTS, ST.,
said in answer to a query.
"At the traps" continued Mr..
SPOTS, 'every man stands on his own
merits and is so judged. Crookedness
is severely condemned and the square
deal is exalted. This is good atmos-
phere for a boy to get into. just as he
is forming ideals. If he learns only
the principles of fairness and how to
take a beating and give one with equal
grace, it would seem to me to be we'll
worth while.
Then, too, a boy should be taught
to handle arms and ammunition in
telligently, not only that he may not
get on the didn't know it was loaded
list but that he may acquire the
quickness and s%teadiness of hand and
eye. the poise and control and the
many other benefits that come to the
trained shooter"