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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18
MIGRATION OF BIRDS
They Fly at Night and Cover Great
Distances Without a Stop.

(Boston Dispatch to New York Sum
Wilson H. Fay one of the assistants
at the State ornithologist's office in the
statehouse, has one or two little things
on the moon which are not commonly
known.
The way he has put himself, he says,
in that advantageous and wholly desir-
able position is by peering through
powerful telescope from the Harvard
observatory at the myriads of migrat-
ing birds which nightly cross in trans
it between tae man and the girl in the
moon. Naturally the crossing is in the
darkest hour, which is alleged to come
just before dawn.
Birds in migration naturally follow
river basins, coast lines, or mountain
ranges said Mr.. Fay: Now in April
is the time to observe them flying
north. Even with opera glasses from
the top of a mountain one can see them
against the moon. l have on rare oc,
casions seen them with the unaidel
eye. With telescopes from the Har-
ward observatory is the best of all, If
course.
What's the reason they work at
night while we AIDE all asleep? It's
this way: Crows, bluejays, owls,
hawks, and other predacious birds mi
CRATE by day The little fellows SUCH
as purple fnches, yellow warblers,
ground robins, or chewinks, chestnut
sided MARBLES, goldinches, and vireos
select the night because thus they es-
cape being preyed upon.
"On nights when there is a fog,
went on Mr. Fay, the birds fly still
lower and a muffied rumble can be
heard like distant thunder The dis
lance they cover in these migrations
is stupendious. 1t is nothing for ploy-
er to journey as much as $500 miles
And rice birds coming from the South
IN a very brief time are found 800
miles north in New York city with
undigested rice in their stomachs
Il wish you might come with me
next week. l am going to some of the
lighthouses in the harbor. The migrat-
ing birds are creatures of habit They
will not deviate from their course. So
they go up against the lighthouses.
Why, before they prohibited the Statue
OF Liberty in New York harbor being
lit NY every night, l have found with
ornithologists the most beautiful spec
linens of birds floating in the water
beneath on the following morning with
broken wings.
The Washington Monument is ar
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18
BUNCOMBE IN ANY EVENT
(New York World.)

Except for the principle involved,
when Congress passes a buncombe act
it makes little difference whether the
President approves it or not. Buncombe
is buncombe with or without Executive
sanction.
In the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill is a rider saying that no money
therein appropriated shall be used to
prosecute organizations Of farmers and
workingmen for violation of the Anti
Trust law which would not otherwise
be criminal. The purpose, of course, is
to give labor unions and combinations
of farmers the idea that they are not
to be held responsible for conspiracies
in restraint of trade. AS no law is re-
pealed and as Congress cannot relieve
the President of the obligation of his
oath to enforce the laws, this measure
is claptrap but extremely vicious clap
trap, nevertheless.
No elemnts of our population have
greater need of safeguards OF the Anti
Trust law than workingmen and farm
ers. Anything that has even the ap-
pearance of weakening that act must
be opposed to their interests. A presi-
entail memorandum might meet :,.e
facts in the case, but a veto would be
more appropriate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18
CITRANGE, A NEW FRUIT
Columbia, S. c., State.)

NSOIuuDld, >. u, OIdle.J
The State on May pointed atten-
ton to a news dispatch reporting that
citizens of Hartman, Tennessee, had
hopes of success in the growing of
new variety of the orange, cuttings OF
which had been supplied them by the
Federal Department of Agriculture,
and which had been acclimated to low
er temperatures and higher attitudes
than exist in the habitat of the ordin-
airy or sub-tropical orange. Confidence
was expressed by The State at the
time that any citrus fruit which would
bear in the Tennessee foothills of tho
Alleghanies, as, for instance, at HAM
man, should thrive bin South Carolina
and by implication it was suggested
that fruitgrowers of South Carol,n2
might do we'll to investigate the report.
Inquiry addressed to the Department
since then by The State develops the
probability that the cuttings distribut-
ed among experimenters at Hartman
were not of the sweet orange of com
merce, but of a new citrus, the cit
range, bred by crossing the ordinary
sweet orange with the worthless, ant
hardy trifoliate orange of Japan. This
fruit has already been shown to be
susceptible of growth out Of 'nrs
throughout the cotton belt, and 20 be
especially adapted to the climate of
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana. Tho tests
have extended over a peiod of eight
years. Some thousands of grated
plants of half a dozen varieties have
been distributed. Many of these, as
pecially of the earlier lots, are now
fruiting for the second or third time.
In Georgia they have endured tenn
perature of 10 degrees above zero
while in the leaf with no damage save
the loss of foliage Roughly, the range
of the citrange may be described as
identical with that of the cotton plant.
The new citrus should be the more
welcomed in the cotton belt because
there is in that region dearth OF ma
tive acid fruits. The citrange makes
an excellent substitute for the lemon
it may be served as a breakfast fruit
with sugar and the tree itself of the
best variety, the Rusk, is highly orn-
amental, being loaded with white
blooms in spring and with brilliant red
globes in fall.
Slight hope of pretit seems to exist
so far as growing the citrange for mar
ket. Its greatest value is for home use
by residents of the cotton states, where
oranges and lemons connot thrive.
The fruits are very juicy, containing a
large amount of juice proportlonatelV
than the best lemons. From them may
be made a refreshing "cltrangeade,
similar to lemonade and is deliviouc,
pies and marmalade, jellies, preserves
and favoring extracts. The citrango
is available at a time of the year when
other native fruits are not to be had.
For instance it is possible to pick
fruits from the trees in this latitude
on warm days between the latter part
of August and the first of December.
The citrange seems likely to prove a
decided boon to a very large section
of the country.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

Usually women confine themselves
TO the first two branches of the art
the great advantage is that the amount
.ot exercise taken can always be limited
TO individual capacity. The first two
branches of ju-jitsu are the throws.
and the study of self-defense. The thru
and last branch deals with floor
wrestling and joint dislocation, and
though less generally learned by wo-
men, is nevertheless very useful
knowledge to possess.
The chief drudgery lies in the mas
tefing OF the preliminary throws, but
once sufficient of these are elarned 70
enable woman to have a bout of
loose play" the fascination of the
game will speedily grip, and a great
deal of pleasure and benefit will come
as the result of regular practice
1t is worthy of note that the general
opinion of Japanese-including that of
the champion ji-jitsu wrestler of the
worlds that Western women are
much quicker to learn the soft are
as they call it in Japan-than are Wes-
tern men. Probably the reason lies in
women being better able to rely upon
their mother wit, and less naturally
dependent upon their fists as a method
of self-defense.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18
OFFICIAL ORGAN
Americas, Ga, May Is, 1913
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= KEEPING YOUNG =

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= KEEPING YOUNG y
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Somebody's got to keep young.
Somebody's got to keep sweet,
Somebody's got to pluck roses of love
And cast them beneath life's feet.
They talk of the burdens of age,
But the burden of all is truth,
In keeping wherever the battles may
The beautiful spirit of youth.
Somebody's got to keep young,
For it never would do if men
Were to find no roses along the lane,
No dew on the roses again.
The greatest need of the world
Is the need of the sunny cheer
OF youth in the glory of song and story
To answer when life calls: "Here!"
Somebody's got to keep young,
And | wonder if it is me,
Babble of song on my busy tongue
And dreams of my soul of glee!
An, well, | shall do my best,
For the secret of youth is this:
Love and the rose of a rosy breast
And the lips of a rose to kiss!
And that's why I'm dancing at nine
somebody's got to keep young,
Dewy with light of the silver night
OF the loved eyes looking IN mine.
Easy enough to be old,
And sad enough in its way
Somebody's got to be rosy with youth
To keep US from turning gray.
The Bentztown Bard.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

unhappy obstacle for migrating birds.
And the statute of William Penn on
the Witherspono building in Philadel-
phia is another place. In their fight
they batter against the brim of Penn's
hat. In some ways it is a good deal
like a belfry."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

A student of the University of Kahs-
as was killed recently by fellow stu
dent throwing hammer Watch out
foF the "knecker," W. ~
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

Everything considered, if Colonel
Roosevelt had not ben elected in 1894
there would have been a lot of money
wasted pertinentIy observes the Chi
gagp News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

Chauncey M. Depew is the last man
who should declare that the art of
conversation (iot-air variety has been
lost.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

The best way to cure those English
suffragettes would be to enroll them in
the army.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

| Some PEOPLES idea of brooding over
their troubles is to put them in l.
400-egg brooder and hatch out more
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

Ty Cobb's record this year seems TO
be ty-ed little, as he didn't get into
the game when the others did.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

Will Mexico be able to recognize IT.
self if it keeps up this game much
longer?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

There are sermons in stones--look
how one talks when you present diam
ond ring to girl. ...
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

Isn't it queer how funny straw hat
feels until you get used TO it!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

According to contemporary the
STEADY straw-hat weather has arrived
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

Sumter's oat crop is very nearly an
average one after all.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

Safe prediction-The will be big
crop of June weddings
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

The frankest friend q woman has Is
her looking glass
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-18

A woman may be as pretty as a pic
ture-and a hand-painted one at that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
NAMES COMMITTEE
|0N 18TH ST. OPENING
Meeting Will Be Held This
Morning for Organi-
ZatiOn

Another step was taken yesterday In
the movement to open up Nineteenth
street as a part of the grade crossing
plans when r. II. Motion appointed a
committee to handle the proposition. Mr.,
Motion issued the following statement
last night:
"At a meeting of citizens held at the
Chamber of Commerce on August " Tor
the purpose of considering the recently
published plan of treating the grade
crossings of Birmingham, a resolution
was adopted authorizing the undersigned
to appoint committee of 10 to handle
this proposition.
Now, therefore, in accordance with
said resolution, 1 hereby appoint as such
committee the following:
Hill Ferguson, j. r. Carter, j. L. Hen
ley A. s. I<lyce. G. w. Pratt, Sam Blach,
George Eustis, Dan A. Hogan, J. A. Lee
Vert. G.. w. Yancey, r. ID. Burnett, q.
r. Harsh, NJ. V. Joseph, Frank Nelson,
Jr., l. r. Young.
For the purpose Of organizing | DO
hereby request the gentlemen named
above to meet at the directors room of
the Chamber of Commerce at II a. m.
Wednesday, September 3. and l do most
earnestly request that each member OF
the committed be on hand promptly.
Respectfully,
.eT. III. MOTION, Chairman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
CLAYTON is STRONG
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
Barbour County Man Says Governor
Was Within Rights in Making
the Appointment

j. S.. Williams OF Clayton, one of
Barbour's representatives in the legis-
lature, is another prominent man of thu
state to indorse the appointment by
Governor ONeal of Henry d. Clayton
TO the Senate.
"The governor was within his rights
in making that appointment stated
he at the Hotel Morris last night. "and
even should the Senate fail to seat Mr..
Clayton. | feel that he acted wisely in
solving the problem as he did.
"Mr. Clayton is exceedingly strong
in south Alabama, and in the event
that he is the candidate for the Sen
ate against Congressman Hobson have
no fear of what the result will be.
Clayton would probably carry every
county south of Montgomery and from
what | can learn of north Alabama
there seems to be no reason TO fear
that he will fail to defeat his opponent
and that with considerable ease
Mr.. Williams declares that in his
opinion Judge A. A. Evans, member OF
the state tax commission. will not Of
fer for Congress from the Third. He
admits. however. that shoXd the Judge
enter he would be an exceptionally
strong candidate, especially in Lee
Russell, Bullock and Barbour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
LONGSHOREMENAT
MOBILE WALK OUT
1000 Negroes Quit, Tying Up
Work of Loading and
Unloading

Mobile, September Especial. Two
thousand negroes, members of the In
ternational Longshoremen's union, quit
work in Mobile this morning, tying up
the work of loading or unloading al
most every vessel in port No disorder.
marked the walkout and union men
have assured the police that there will
be none
In spite of this fact, however. a.
guard has been detailed TO the water
front, request having reached the po-
lice station thai a detachment be placed
around the Norwegian steamship Be
lie, which reached port at o'clock.
The vessel was not molested, however
The negroes demand is as follows:
I'VE demand one-half of the timber.
work out of the water that is handled
by the white longshoremen and cot
ton work at the same rate OF wages
and the same conditions that tile white
men work under. or we will apsolute-
ly refuse to do any other class OF work
that is now being done by the negro
For more than so years the work of
loading timber and cotton vessels has
been done by the Worlsingmep's Cot
ton and Timber Benevolent association.
non-u union men being employed when
there was an overflow of work. The
timber men and cotton men have for
the past three years been affiliated
with the international Longsllyremen 8
union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
NEGRO ESCAPES
4. AT CITY PRISON

William Erbey, a negro, was ar
rested yesterday morning by Detectives
Tyler and Moser and placed in the city
jail on the charge of burglary and
grand larceny. The remarkable fea-
ture about the arrest was that Erbey
while being locked up made a clean
break away and Started running In
Police alley towards Nineteenth street
The alley was filled with policemen
and detectives, but undoubtedly re-
membering the fiasco of shooting at
an escaping prisoner of few months
ago not a shot was fired
However, even without being shot
at, Erbey did not get far, for Ben Har-
rison, master mechanician of the police
department, after a sharp struggle
subdued the negro at the mouth OF
the alley and brought him back to the
city Jail where he was finally
locked up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
j: SCOTTSBORO HEARS
MANY POLITICIANS
Wallace, Brown and Others
Orate Labor Day
ARE WELL RECEIVED
Fish Commissioner Stands Squarely
for Local Option-Brown Pays
Respects to Conner and
Henderson

Scottsboro, September Especial
John III. Wallace. Jr., state game and
fish commissioner and also candidate
for governor. spoke here Monday tc
one of the largest crowds that has been
In Scottsboro in years. He was given
the closest attention by the vast as
semblage
Mr. Wallace said that he was stand
ing squarely for local option because
unless the people of county favor
prohibition the liquor laws will be null
fed by grand juries and abrogated by
the petit juries. and therefore become
a farce State wide prohibition has
been tried and was abolished because
1t was a consummate failure.
He said: MY programme for the es-
tablishment of rural credits which In
clude the organization OF rural banks
whereby the farmers can obtain money
with which to purchase more farm ma
chinery, to construct additional build
ings. to fuild fences, to buy higher
grade of stock, to make, gather and
market their crops at low rate of in
terest, has appealed strongly to oul
great agriculture class
MY proposition to take the convicts
out of the mines and lumber camps and
employ them in constructing good and
permanent thoroughfares for the peo-
ple.' MIR. Wallace was greatly pleased
with his reception in this city,
c. w. Brown, state senator from this
senatorial district, and also candidate
for governor of the state, spoke at the
conclusion of Mr.. Wallace. Mr.. Brown
is a candidate for governor on the
county division platform. He paid his
respects to Ex-Governor Conner and
CHARLES Henderson. His audience gave
him a patient hearing of one hour.
John A Lusk of Marshall followed
Mr.. Brown and made a splendid speech
of one hour Mr.. Lusk is an avowed
candidate for the state senate from
this. the Fifth district. Mr.. Lusk is a
splendid orator and his speech was re-
peatedly cheered and highly. compli-
mented. His criticism on Charles Hen
derson was rather severe. He defended
the Conner administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
ARE WORKING HARD
FOR AUDITORIUM
Arrangements Made toShow
Slides in Various Picture
Shows of the City

Chamber of Commerce delegation
was busy yesterday in rounding UP the
final details of the publicity campaign
In behalf of the auditorium bond is
.sue. Several important matters were
settled and it Is being predicted that
the bond issue will be indorsed by Il
large. majority.
Arrangements are being made to put
slides in the picture shows showing au-
ditorirms in other cities and it is
stated that show managers have Of
fered to do this free. 1t may be that
man will be detailed to go from thea
tire to theatre during the day and as
the pictures are flashed between regu-
lar films to deliver little lecture on
audtoriums.
Chairman Pascal Shook stated yes
terday that everything was going fine
and it looked as If the, auditorium bond
issue was an assured thing, as the
citizenship at large was beginning TO
realize more fully the true worth OF
such building to the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
NH I1It DItOto- I1NOONI OfNZd II
Papers Recife That Company Has Au-
thorized Capital Stock of $4,000

The Mayer Brothers Wall Paper COM
pany was Incorporated yesterday with a
total authorized capital stock of $4,000
The stock is divided into 100 shares of a
par value of $100 each.
According to the certificate of incor-
poration the main office of the COM
pany will be located In this city. and
the object for which the Incorporation
is formed is to engage in the business
of selling wall paper, pictures, etc, and
doing by contract interior decoration,
hanging wall paper. frescoing etc.
The incorporators of the new company
were: Sam Mayer, Harry L. Mayer, Jo-
seph M. Mayer and c. Albert Mayer, all
of Birmingham, while the officers for the
year, commencing September, are: Joseph
M. Mayer, president; Harry l.. Mayer,
vice president; Sam Mayer secretary and
treasurer: Albert Mayer. Joseph Mayer,
Sam Mayer and Harry Mayer, directors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
CAPT. KING PLEASED
WITH THE BATTERY
Officer Expresses Delight
That Suitable ArmOry Is
to Be Provided

Since the officers of Battery ID, Ala
bama National Guard, have obtained
enough money to guarantee the erec-
tion of an armory. there is no longer
any fear lest Birmingham will lose that
wing of the local defense.
Captain King. Il. S. A, artillery in
spection officer for Alabama Louis
lana and Georgia. and for Mississippi
until the battery at Jackson was mus
tered out of service, completed an in
spection of Battery d yesterday. Last
night he left for Atlanta.
The battery is in good shape said
he There has never been complaint
in regard to the OFFICERS, or men, or the
the war department has been troubled
about was the fact that the $4,000
worth of equipment was piled into lit
tie corner of the city hall and the men
had no opportunity to practice maneu-
yers. But since the officers have got
busy and aroused the public to the need
of action and have secured enough
money to erect an armory. and con-
struct a parade ground, there is no
longer any danger that the artillery
will be taken from Birmingham.
Captain King was here for several
days, during which time he carefully
inspected the officers. men and guns.
He announced himself well pleased, but
especially delighted in that perma-
nent armory was in course of construc-
tion.
Mai. L. S. Dorrence of the artillery
stated last night that the battery would
occupy the new armory within a pc
riod of 80 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
FIFTY SOLDIERS
MAY LOSE PENSIONS
Veterans in Autauga and
Baldwin to Appear Be-
fore Examiners

Montgomery, September 2.-(Special)
Fifty persons in Autauea and Baldwin
counties, who have been receiving PEN
sions from the state for services in the
Confederate army have been cited to ap-
pear September % and 23 and show to the
state board of examiners why they should
not be eliminated from the pension rolls.
The citations were issued Monday and 81
pensioners residing in Autauga were or
dered to appear September % and Is in
Baldwin to answer September 49, They
will be charged with failing to show
their loyalty to the southern states and
some of them will have to reply to accu-
sations that they deserted and declared
their allegiance to the northern army.
Fl. Z. Brooke, state examiner of ac-
counts, has been in Washington several
weeks examining records of the Federal
army and the names OF many persons
drawing pensions from the state and their
war records have been found Indicating
that they deserted the Confederate army
and went to the Union side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
GOVERNOR VISITS
THE YELLOWSTONE
Will Probably Return From
Western Trip Latter Part
of the Week

Montgomery, September 2-(Speciat)
Governor O'Neal will probably return to
Montgomery some time during the pres
ent week, although no word has yet been
received from him as to the time he ex-
poets to arrive.
Following the governors conference at
Colorado Springs last week. the governor
visited Yellowstone park and other places
of interest in the west for a brief vaca-
ton. For several months before leaving
Montgomery the governor had been par
ticularly busy with his numerous official
duties, and decided that on the occasion
of the governors conference he would
take a short rest before returning to his
office.
No more extra session talk has been
heard about the capitol, the report of the
immediate assembling of the legislature
now being generally regarded as joke.
Certainly, the governor was in no man
ner responsible for the report, and his
surprise over hearing the rumor was
shown by telegraphic communication
from him asking for a full and complete
explanation of the report.