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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
The Popularity Of the Tbrope

The petition which the suffragette, Miss
Mary Richardson. threw into the Kings
carriage, on the occasion OF his visit Ito
Bristol. was quite in accordance with the
unconventional methods with which roy
atty has been greeted in that city In the
past, says London Life. Indeed. for near
ly so years royalty has avoided Bristol
and even in 1895, when the late King Ed
ward. then Prince of Wales. paid an offi-,
cial visit, old courtiers expressed their
doubts as to the wisdom of the act.
Prior to the accession of Queen Vic
toria, SERIOUS riots took place and repub-
licanism was rampant amongst the towns
people. Soon after her late majestys
marriage to Prince Albert, it was de-
termined that she should pay a state visit
to the revolutionary headquarters. The
Queen and prince. consort We're, of course,
received by the mayor. but to Queen Vic
toria horror festoons of sausages were
displayed In the principal street, In sllD-
sion to Prince Alberts nationality. This
insult Queen Victoria never forgave, and
in consequence Bristol was banned by
royalty until the late King visited Bristol
In 1895 and received a loyal welcome from
all classes. These incidents show how
the high personal character of Queen vie-
toria succeeded in popularizins the mon
arch. which at the time of accession was
tottering in the affections Of her subjects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

NIT report of the process and its re-
suits. in the fall.
In 1903 there were two counties in Ala
bama in which a total of 265 boys were
members of corn clubs. In 1912 every
county had corn clubs and the member
ship was 1884 boys. OF these, 1877 each
made more than 100 bushels per acre
Twelve of these boys were from Pike
county Marshall county increased in
three years from one boy to 30 and from
one school to 42 schools, in the corn clubs,
and last year had four boys who each
raised more than 100 bushels per acre
In contesting for the interstate prize
given at the National Corn Exposition at
Columbia, S. c., last year. the Alabama
exhibit made 1872 points out of a possible
2Oo0, which was more than 200 above any
other state in the contest The Alabama
delegation consisted of 100 boys and eight
girls.
The tomato club is very much like the
corn club, except that it is for the girls.
1t has an enrolment of nearly 1000 The
Pike County Girls Tomato club last year
canned $1,000 cans of tomatoes and other
vegetables which were valued at 5000, 10
cents can. Walker county has had to-
mato clubs for two years, and the result
is 100000 cans of tomatoes and other veg
etables have been put up The local mer-
chants bought these and the money went
of going out of the county or state.
Miss Arie Hovater of Russellville, route
., Won statewide recognition last year
with her tomatoes. On one-tenth of an
acre she raised enough tomatoes to fill
1881 number cans. AT 10 cents per can
they totaled s153.10. Her expenses were
about $50, leaving a profit of 500 on one
tenth of an acre. This is the best record
given and her exhibit. shown at several
fairs, including the State fair in Bir-
mingham, attracted considerable atten-
| tion.
Misses Carrle and Lucy Sapp of Gull
man county are paying part of their ex-
penses in school with their tomatoes. They
each had one-tenth of an acre and they
canned s12 cans, selling 712 cans at an
| average of 10 cents per can and keeping
| 100 cans for home use. All of the work
except the plowing they did themselves
They built their own furnace of rocks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

and mud, and it was considered quite as
good as If built by more experienced
hands.
These figures are perhaps the best proof
of the success of the corn and tomato
clubs, and are tangible evidence of the
fact that they are benefting the boys and
girls. The members can see that they
are capable of doing something worth
while and that they are learning some-
thing of practical use. The patrons real
ize that the schools are teaching their
children something which is profitable.
and since they see this evidence of good
instruction they are better satisfied with
the whole plan OF education and are more
ready to have their children so to school
and remain in school long enough to get
at least a good grammar school educa-
ton, and often more. The clubs show
results, and that is What they rightfully
expect.
Domestic science has recently been add
ed to the rural schools, with view to-
ward teaching the girls how to be good
housekeepers. The initial expense of out
fits and the lack of necessary space are
drawbacks; but in several places the work
is done largely at the girls home and
has the advantage of interesting the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

Some people cannot understand how a
family can be raised without money. yet
how many have been raised, and well
raised, with common sense as the chief
capital?
We have peeped behind many scenes
where mother has kept the pot boiling on
pittance day, and where the clothes
we're neat and clean and the mending and
darning did not detract from the gar
ment There is so much in knowing how
10 do things, and if the people of mod
crate means would cultivate the doing
as we'll as they train the tastes of the
young folks there would soon be gem
Grafton of well doers.
We believe more in the ambition to do
than the effort to have because the form
er fills our desires and cultivates the
genuine pride.
The man with money is only blessed as
he has the opportunity to enjoy it, and
unless that happiness is dispersed among
others it is not full. Don't understand
that the man should not be given the
fruits of his labor unless he divides with
his neighbor, when the gift is not pleas
ure to himself 1t has lost its best purpose
Now should one half the world live from
the other mans tolls. Everybody should
utilize their energies and intellects to
their own attainment with the privilege
of dispensing graciously to the best In
/ terests of human welfare as. literally as
the demands of his own responsibilities
will admit
''To thine own self be true is ar
adage familiar to us all, but there are
very many true avenues, and the individ-
ual who is guided beyond the right patti
in any duty of life has narrowed theil
own means of contentment.
Faith is Necessity
We have often laughed at our owr
schemes of management and got more
happiness out of the short ways thar
many dollars could have purchased with
an evenings entertainn1ent-and this gives
us the faith in necessity-often as a vr-
tue. 1t spurs one on to duty and this
| having to do has been the birth OF many
useful inventions Wealth is not always
a blessing, nor Is poverty curse. 1t il
very inconvenient, but it is the result OF
poor management somewhere. The worle
owes a living to everybody. How mucf
| of it we claim depends upon our owl
will In nine cases out of ten when on,
hears of hard luck" it is well to look a
the beginning of it. and from that mo
ment prepare to correct the errors.
| We hear hard luck stories every day
people seem to dwell on the disappoint
ments more than the pleasures. and each
time after hearing of some ones failure.
we imagine we have found the cause
Usually the beginning was bad; the worlt
Is full of ideals; we are seldom Willing
to start with our own facilities, or rather
never willing to adopt the patterns to oul
own CLOTH but we must borrow the ides
from somebody else. This imitation. al
most a spirit of rivalry, is often the han
! dicap.
Bitter Disappointment
| We heard a woman say a few days age
1T looked as though If a bright sunshine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
To Discard Freckles,
Tan, Pimples, Wrinkles
lErom Feminine WORLDLY

The use of creams on the face some
times causes hair TO grow. You can avoid
the risk of acquiring superfluous hair by
avoiding cosmetics and using mercolized
wax instead. There is nothing better for
any condition of the skin, as the wax ac-
tually absorbs the offensive cutcle. The
latter is naturally replaced by clear,
smooth. healthy complexion, fun of life,
and expression. It's the sensible way to
discard a freckled. tan. over-red
blotchy or pimpled skin. Get an ounce
of mercolized WAX at any druggists and
apply nightly like cold cream, erasing in
the morning with soap and water. 1t
takes week or so to complete the
transformation
The ideal wrinkle eradicator is made by
dissolving an ounce of powdered saxolite
in a half pirf witch hazel. Bathing the
face in the solution brings almost in
stantaneous results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

mothers more than it would if they had
no share therein. When finances, time
and space are available, it is planned to
have outfits to do more extensive work
For the boys shop work is being in
trodueed, and a uniform model outfit cost
ing $3.50 has been planned The boys
like this work and, lacking this simple
outfit they use their pocket knives and
whatever tools they can borrow. The
boys at Boyles, in this county, were
loaned the use of a turning lathe, and
they made their shoe shine stands by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

hiring the work for which they had no
tools. This, of course decreased their
profit, but it was better than not at
tempting shop work at all.
Miss Delphne Feminear, who taught the
one-room school al Little Oak, in Pike
county, had a group of boys interested
in shop work. They had work bench
in the school room, and Miss Feminear
there supervised their work. This sort of
work appeals to boys and girls much
more quickly than the textbook work,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

Jefferson's birthdays. for Temperance dag
and for Arbor day
The object of school men in very part
of the state is TO use the things about
the children. those things which are part
of their every day life, to employ every
available means for their education; to
fit the children to live well the life they
will live: and to be educated as broadly
as possible, rather than to spend five or
10 years of their life in acquiring infor-
nation which they will never use and
which has no bearing on their lives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

distinguished from manhood than in this.
that the child has no purpose or plan of
life, no will by which his energies are
directed. He lives in a great measure to
enjoy the passing scene''
Thus parents must teach common sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
His Liberality

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Il approach you in worthy cause,
Mr.. Titewadd. We want to raise $780,
000--a prominent philanthropist offers
to contribute quarter of it," p
.Oh, we'll" said Mr.. Titewadd, has
tily, 'T don't mind giving another
quarter. Can you change half a doi-
lar?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Handing II To Her Pa

ffom The Chicago Record-IIerald
f DO you think you can afford 70 sup
port my daughter in the style to
which she has been accustomed?"
mo. but I'll do 1t anyhow, just as
you have been"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

tenths of its opportunity to educate its
children and to better the community,
and has little chance to affect the lives
OF patrons and pupils to whom it might
be of immeasureable benefit.
Vitalizing Agencies
Perhaps the most widely known vital
izing agency of the country school is the
boys corn clubs. The objects of these
corn clubs are to increase the production
of good corn, to teach improved methods
or corn cultivation, and to encourage edu-
cation along agricultural lines with view
toward making farm life sufficiently at
tractiSe to appeal to the country boys.
Success in the cultivation of this one crop
will leaG to interest in farm life In gem
eral, and that will mean better farms and
better conditions in every phase of coun-
try life.
A corn club is organized with the boys
of school and community and may be
either a county club or local club whose
members belong to the county club also.
The corn clubs are county affairs and
the county superintendent of education is
the leader, the teachers being in charge
of the local clubs. Boys of any age under
p who are strong enough to work may
be members. There is no cost in joining
the clubs, the only obligations being that
the boys will do their best to grow an
acre of good corn, that they will keep a
record of how they grew it, and will sub
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
Weeks. YES months, have been given to MAX

TO make this sale che greatest of them AM.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04
Editorial Clippings.

In the resignation of General Fore
mar d. A. Hart, the National Baptist
Publishing Board has lost a valuable
man. Hart and Bumbrey. together
with the pulchritudinous Blaine Boyd,
made things hum.-Georgia Baptist.
Just a little more than half of the
Negro children between the ages of
s and 20 are in school in North Car.
DINA. This is a fact Notwithstanding
the fact that school enrolment has
gradually increased within the last
ten years. OF course, the same in
crease may be counted on to continue
still 1t may not be amiss to help it
along. Ignorance is the ever fruitful
mother of crime. In consequence the
proportion of crime among Negroes
almost invariably indicates their ig-
norance. We cannot therefore fail to
give all due emphasis to school train
ing, The Negro needs more education
of all kinds and must have it if he is
to stand the test of the morrow.-The
Durham Reformer.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04
MR.. AND MRS. TAYLOR sAUN-
DERS.

The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Taylor Saunders will regret to hear
of their removal from Nashville to
Chicago to reside. Mr.. Saunders was
for more than thirty years a trusted
employe of the oldest wall paper
house in the city, that of Collin H.
Freeman. While his wife, more IA
miliarly known as Mrs. M. A. Cow.
dey, who for eighteen years was EN-
ployed as teacher in the Public
School of the city and whose former
husband was the brave captain of
the first colored fire company who
lost his life in the great fire of 1892.
Mrs. Saunders wa for many years
the efficient organist of st. Paul A. M.
&. Church as we'll as one of the lead
ers of that church. The women's
club movement owes much of its in.
SEPARATION to her skill and influence
She was the organizer of the House
keepers Club and was its teacher and
president for several years. We
wish for them happiness and pros
perity in their new home.
From a friend.
Mrs. r. C.. Eason, of fremont ave
nue., who has been confined to hel
room for several days, is slowly i'm
proving.
Mrs. Rebecca Marks, of 1906 Hef
fernan street. is convalescing.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04
THE SOUTH SHOULD GROW LIVE
STOCK.

With its long growing season and
abundance Of feed crops, the South
should be able to grow the beef and
butter, the bacon and lard it now
buys, for just as little as any other
section can produce them. And it
can do this very thing.
Here is some of the testimony as
it relates to pork production; Care
fully conducted experiments at the
Alabama Experiment Station show
that an acre of soy beans will pro-
duce pork worth from $25.S4 to 1913.
Hogs fed on corn and soy bean pas
ture made gains which cost from
$3.50 to 1886 per hundred pounds,
charging everything against them.
These results represent the work of
three years. In Louisiana an acre of
sweet potatoes produced pork worth
1880. Farmers who have kept close
account of the cost of their pork re-
port this cost as low, in numerous
instances, as 2 10 to 3 IL cents a
pound. OF course, the average farm
er does not produce pork this cheap
ly. These men utilized to the full
extent the pasture crops-cowpeas,
soy beans, sweet potatoes, peanuts,
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04
IN MEMoRIAM OF ]. FRANK


In the loss of your distinguished
v-ice-president, who for many years
was our personal friend, we extend
to you and all the family our heart.
felt sympathy in four sad bereaye-
ment.
You have gone. yes gone forever!
Our hearts are filled with grief and
pain;
For We shall see your dear face never
Never more on earth again.
Our hearts and thoughts are ever
with you,
Although you rest beneath the sod;
| know your soul has long since
started,
On its upward flight to God!
You have lived a life of honor;
Your deeds were noble, good and
kind,
And that gives solace, consolation
To all the dear ones left behind.
Though We are bowed with grief and
sorrow,
We still love you and always will.
For thee I'll bend my knee in prayer,
For it was Gods holy will.
From loving friends,
MR.. and MRS. ROBT. L. MILLER,
GIG West 10th street, New York.
N. Y.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04
The Negro in Business.

The Negro in business as in other
lines has his ups and downs. First
of all there is a lack of commercial ex-
perience that is so essential to success.
success. Again, every Negro who
Again, every Negro who goes in bust
ness goes in with the feeling that he
has a constituency, or in other words
that there is a class of people who
should rally to his support. This class
of people referred to are members of
his own race. 1t is natural for Jews to
expect Jews to patronize them in
business, Irish expect the same of
Irish; the German around the cor
ner feels doubly sure that the Ger
mans will give him their patronage
and support. so the Negro should not
be censured when he feels that the
people of his own race, first of all,
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04
MR.. popsoN CROSSES The BAR

News reached this city last Satur-
day afternoon of the death at Boyd
ton, Va, of Mr.. Armstead Dodson,
father of N. B. Dodson, editor of the
Afro-American Page of the American
Press Association. The deceased was
seventy-ive years OF age and had
lived near Boydton all of his life.
During the Civil War Armstead bod.
son was bodyguard for his master.
Ben Dodson, who was a line officer
in the Confederate Army. At the
mine explosion at Petersburg, Officer
Dodson was wounded, and while be
ing cared for at the hospital, Armstead
was captured in an attempt to break
the Confederate lines to go home. He
however, escaped and wandered over
one hundred and fifty miles through
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04

This training has taken nothing from
the book learning of these chill
dren's education. Their teaching is
thorough. In the Model School they
complete the sixth grade. being adj
mitted by certificate to the correspond
ing class in Tuskegee Institute. Some,
preferring to take a written test, have
made the next higher class. With
this double training of mind and hand
the children of this community, are
brighter and happier and are doing
much to add sweetness and content
ment to rural life.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04

1t Fisk University to the students of
the Sociological Department under
the direction of Prof. Geo. E. Haynes,
Phi. d.
President Hope was loud in his
praise of the work being done through
out the country by the schools and
colleges. He leaves the city today,
but hopes to return with the Georgia
delegation en- route to the Sunday
School Congress, to be held at Mus
kogee, Okla, June 4th to the 9th. .s.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04
MEMBER
NATIO NEGRO PRESS
ASSOCIATION
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1918.
The Square Deal.

The colored people of this city have
a Just cause to ask the question
whether or not they have received a
square deal in all things that pertain
to their general welfare. 1t is a set
tied fact that he who receives must
evidence some desire for what is to
be given. In other words, if the Ne
groes of Nashville feel that they are
entitled to any considerations in the
city improvements, they must decide
what they are and then they must
make known what they want. We
believe in organization, and we are
unalterably of the opinion that the
most effective way to do anything is
through organized effort, but above
all we believe that all s%elfshness
should be put aside, and the inter-
ests of all the people put first and
foremost in every instance. We are
not making the charge that any OF
u organizations are guilty of selfish
ness, but we do contend that the or
CARNATIONS through which the inter
ests of the people should be fostered
are making mighty poor Roadway.
The new High School that is half
completed has cost over $500, 1000; the
other half of the building will cost
equally as much, which will run the
cost of the High School for whites
up into the neighborhood of 100000.
For a High School for Negroes a
rider has been attached to the $780,
600 bond bill to complete the White
High School calling for 100000, We
ask, in the name of common reason,
is this a square deal? Schools are
not Injuries, but necessities. If a
100000 building will take care OF
every need CT the Negro, all right;
but all know that it will not. The
Negroes children, above all. need in.
dustrial training. Being the off
spring OF a servant class they need
this training early in life. AS soon
as they enter school it would be well
for them to have a care such as they
should have received at home before
school age. but of which they were
deprived because their parents in
many cases were compelled to leave
them early in the morning and to re-
main away from them until late at
night. As a result they did not have
time TO give their children the at
tention they desired. Therefore the
Negro children need a High School
adequate to take up their training
where their mothers should have be-
gun. Again, since we have a compul
sorry educational law, there will be a
larger percentage of High Schoo
pupils each year from the various
schools. We might go on enumerat
ing reasons why the amount stipu
lated in the rider is not sufficient
but we feel that the matter explains
itself. The point we would impress
is that the Negroes are too indif
ferent about their own welfare, ant
that the time to plead the cause i.
now.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04
PROF. HOPE LECTURES IN NASH.
WILLIE.

Prof. John A. Hope, A. NJ, Presi-
dent of Atlanta, Baptist College, At
lanta, Ca, was in the city this week
to complete a course of lectures begun
at Fisk University last year. Prof.
Hope visited the chapel of the National
Baptist Publishing Board Wednesday
morning and made a talk to the en-
ployees on "The day of small things
and the day of large ideas"
Wednesday afternoon Prof. Hope
delivered two very inspiring lectures
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04

etcs-which the pigs could harvest
for themselves. In what other sec
ton can pork be produced at as small
cost to the farmer?-From "The New
Spirit in Southern Farming" by e.
E. Miller, in the American Review Of
Reviews for April.
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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04
MILLER INDICTED FOR CARRYING
ARMS

The Grand Jury has indicted r. ".
Miller on the charge OF carrying
weapons. Miller is chrged with hav-
ing killed a negro at Lacey's con.
struction camp on the Lewlsburg &
Northern Railroad, but the Jury has
not yet acted on the murder charge.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-04-04
REV. BEcKHAM ABLE TO BE AT
AT HIS DESK.

Rev. VIM Beckham, Field Secre-
tary of the National Baptist Conven-
ton, who vas forced to cancel his en-
gagements and come home for a rest,
is able to be at his desk again. DR..
Beckham is not very strong yet. but
hopes to be able to go about his du-
ties in a week or ten days.