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The bee., 1913-01-03
MARY ROGERS.

working under directions from the gov
eminent and scattered all over the
United States. In these contests each
girl must grow one-tenth of an acre Of
tomatoes and strive to can the greatest
possible amount of the fruit.
Although the Boys Corn club is three
years old In Kentucky we believe this
year is the first for the Girls Canning
club. Last spring, when Jefferson
county organized its Boys Corn and
Potato club. It also organized Girls
Canning club and offered some very
substantial prizes. The season was an
unfortunate one, and those having the
work in charge did not at first realize
that it was not only a matter of grow
ing and harvesting a crop, but also a
matter of manufacturing the crop into
a marketable commodity. Nevertheless,
the club marks the beginning and a
very good beginning ut that
One strong teacher at "A small, dilapi-
dated schoOlhOuse ten miles from the
city was the prime factor in this be-
ginning. The second factor was a
strong mother who had the ability to
see and understand the educational
value of the work for her child. That
child was Mary Rogers, whose clear
gray eyes spell an ability to hold fast
to what sue undertakes.
Yes; it was awfully hot part Of last
summer" she replied to the questions
put to her, but | had made up my
mind to win if | could.
Lots and lots Of my tomatoes rot
ted because Of the RAIN" she contn-
ued, "and then we ate a great many
too / bought my plants, and they be-
gan bearing about the LIST of August,
so had six weeks canning. Yes; that
was hotter than the patch, because
did the work over n wood stove Next
year think Wen get one Of those ten
The bee., 1913-01-03

Devil is for il, God is against ia;
vice IS for it, virtue is against it;
the brorhel is for il; the home is
against it; the anarchist is for it,,
the statesman is against it; poverty
is for it, plentyls against it; disease
is for it, health is against it; death
is for 1t, life is agalngst IS
The Scriptures say WINE is a
mocker, strong drink is raging.
proverbs 2O:D. "Who hath woe,
who hath sorrow, who hath cnnten
tious, VINO hath babbliug, who bath
wounds without cause, who htt'
redness Of eyes? They that tNrry
long at the wiue.... Look not upon
the WINE when it is red....wheu 1T
moveth itself Alright. At the last il
bitch like serpent and stIugeth
like an adder. prov. 23;29-32)
AS surely as the God of the Bible
lives, the general disregard of these
words aud our national partnership
with the liquor business will some
day bring upon us the curse fOretOld
in Nal. 4;6.
The Wandering Jew
&C. J. WOODwORTH }
The bee., 1913-01-03
300 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its stag
es and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Curei is the
only positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatement Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the sys-
TEN, thereby destroying the foundation CT the
disease, and giving the patient strength by builds
ing up the constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The ProPrietors have SO much
faith in Its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, Is cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The bee., 1913-01-03
For Advertising Purposes Only

Washington, Dec. 3O-Recent ad-
vertisements of South African oil
company, prominently displayed Ia
London and other papers through
out the British Islands, contain a
fiatterlug recommendation of the
holdings of this company by an en-
glneer, w. w. Van Ness, who is
stated TO be late of the Uutel
States Geological Survey"
Mr.. Van Ness is unknown to tn
biologists of the United States Geo
logical Survey and so far as can be
determined from the records has
never held any scientific or other
appointment with that organization
The statement thPt he has been u
member Of this scientific bureau Of
the United States Government is
obviously in tended to deluxe persons
into purchasing stock on the
strength of the recommendation
conveyed by this connection, and
without doubt it may have been
successful in misleading some.
Such a statement amounts to no
more nor less than fraud, whether
authOgizs I'd by Mr.. Van Ness or not.
Another case that has just come
to the attention O. rhe Washington
Office Of the Geological Survey is a
The bee., 1913-01-03
ANNOUNCEMENTS

are authorized to announce
Ills Rudd as a candidate for
riff Of Hopkins county. subject
he action of the Democratic
"
'e are authorized to announce
}. Byrum as a candidate for jailor
county subject to act
the Democrat Party.
| IRE authorized TO announce
H. Walker as a candidate for
Superintendent, subject to
tion of the Democratic pri-
re authorized to announce
Arnold as a candidate for
Court Clerk, of Hopkins
subject to tue action of the
Atic Primary.
Re authorized to announce
WILSON as a candidate for
islature for Hopkins county,
to the democratic primary
1918.
arAauthOrized to announce r.
IGley>as a candidate for re-
pa as County Judge, subject
action Democratic primary.
The bee., 1913-01-03
The Growing Curse

United States consumed dur.
third quarter of 1912, 45O,0
sol Whiskey aud 9,92O,OOO gall
ii beer more than during the
quarter of 1911. At this rate,
.ong will it take this nation TO
Re q model of civilization Tor
atnen to copy, especially as a
Mart of the revenue of our gov
: t is obtained from its part
with the liquor business?
ties show that ~ per cent Of
mails were made so by strong
'It would take ten men with
sllovels 20 throw away money
as theJ bple OF the United
\ are wasting It for grog: the
~.lus spent is nearly four
Amount required to RIM
rumen- We are not uloue
a. ley.ilpmaur of 1abt,s G.e
F.u'a 900 aall uo. CD learn.
PORTIONS ut q Germany aI.
w.1 raauf school
l.ar.e. Hnf boys of.
come rma -.r|
The bee., 1913-01-03
WORK OF The
Girl GARDENERS
.G"E C.m3 CUBS Too

The 5gl.aa.. Ue..".a. Was s..-,d
.by.a Strong Minded Teacher a7d a
Few Far Seeing Fsroots--Nary nos.
ers. Who Canscd 23s Quarts.
The farmers wife Lad been eXamin-
ing the display of corn ut the Boys
Corn show. At length she looked up
and asked i'm a puzzled aud hurt man.
ner: How about our girls? You have
Boys Corn clubs. What is there for
the girls to do? There must be some
thing"
Corn growing contests for the boys
in our rural schools are comparatively
new, but thay are a great success.
Girls Tomato Canning clubs are still
newer. but they. too, are success. In
less than four years the membership
in the Girls Tomato Canning club has
reached the splendid total of 2IuOO. all
The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-24
LINGUISTIC LULLABIES

Linsuis,f lullabies likely to lacer, ate the larynx are collected by he Strand magazine for the edficati T of tractable tongues. Here is the men, whose names are Shot and Not
 Shot shot the frs shot. and the shot Shot shot shot not Not, and the shot \ t shot shot not Shot SD Shot shot no Not, but the shot Not shot shot Shot. So Not won not Yithstanding
 At a m ok parliament held in Bris- tol the honorable member of Stran- racer asked the Right II norablc the President of the Board of Trade Creferring to the merchant shipping act. 1894. prevention of collisionl whether a Hghtarman. having two light tenders in tow, would be re Guired to light lighter light on the lighter ligh,er. so that the lighter the lighter the lighter the light?
 The president replied: Obviously the answer is in the negative nee the lighter being the lighter and the Hse of the comparative 'ligh CT denoting that the lighter is already light, the lighter of the lights W uld not be required to light a lighter lsht on the lighter lighter since the lighter lighter is lighter than the light lighter"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-24
HOW TO LIVE 100 YEARS

One of the Japanese news "a qers some time ago set itself the task cf discovering the means whereby q man could assure himself of life of one hundred years. IL arrived at the definite conclusion that this result could be obtained by q ligcntly follow ng twelve precepts. which were formulated as follows.
 Spend as much time as possible in the open air.
 Go ts bed early and rise early.
 Sleep at least six hours and q most seven and half hours in a dark room with the windows open.
 Be moderate with tea and coffee: avoid smoking and alcohol altogeth CT
 Eas meat only once a day
 Take bath as hot as you can bear it every day. cloth.
 Observe one day of rest in every week. on which you mus neither read nor write
 Ayo'd every outburst of passion and every excess of brainwork.
 Avoid rooms that are too hot and above all th SC that are heated by steam-pipes.
 In order to have a constant sup. ply of those organs which are worn out by age or exhaustion, you must feed upon the spending parts of animals.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-24

en of them hired for the occasion sent to the cleaners the next morn ing?
 NJ midnight a small. fat man boarded the Chicago Express. X slouch hat was pulled down to the tip of his nose, but as much of his eountenance as was visible under the electric lights evinced an ac- count balanced with destiny.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-24
WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE

The following are bona fiGe an swers by school children to ques- tions by teachers, compiled from various sources:
 The modern name for Gaul is vinegar.
 A volcano is hole in the earth s crust which emits lavender and ashes.
 The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on the seas, therefore it is some lines called the Battle of Waterloo.
 The Complete Angler is another name for Euclid. because he wrote all about angles.
 The two races living in the north of Europe are Esquimaux and Arch angels.
 On the low-eoast plains of Mexico yellow fever is very popular
 An unknown hand threw a harrow at Rufus and killed him dead on the spot
 Adverbs ending in where" are somewhere, nowhere, everywhere
 Stirl ng was famous for it's Sov ereigns who used to be crowned there A sovereign is still called a pound stirling"
 A volcano is burning mountain with a creature in it.
 Subjects have a right to partition the king.
 Alfred Austin was chosen by the Queen as Poet Laureate. He said. If you let me make the songs of the nation care not who sings them
The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-24

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 As he listened 10 the aaraar around him, il came 10 AlossEus raat there was h- chaHce ,a,. his foot off the af. pedal 4uu aat all the stops. al eaa Hi-= =m.Hd Eos years other Peoule had been speak ing to him and he aareG not ans gcs back Whr not er.tiaiza these ball players. who also daErd n make reply? As ho lhaushf his stle" wears. rage took hol3 os A'oss.nz Reagan resen.uen Iuinel within him. He was nor unlike th9se mn of his race wh7 fgughf the rualisl under tho HhC~ FI,nre at Fgu.cae. How fierce T look hose axi,r+ 4car
 Whose wont Wa- to oe gay; The treasured Nrones of thirty yea
 Were in thei" hearts that dav"
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The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-24

Sunday School Teacher-And when the prcdigal son came home, what happened, Tommy?
 Tommy-His father ran to meet him and hurt himself.
 Sunday School Teacher-Why, where did you get that?
 Tommy-It said his father ran and fell on his neck. l bet il would hurt you to fall on your neck!
The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-24

SEE SEA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
ARGUMENTS HEARD
BY CITY COMMISSION
ON AVE. F FRANCHISE
All Petitioners Must Submit
Propositions in Writing
by Certain Date and
Action Will Follow

In spite of Thanksgiving turkey dinners
and other worthy objects of interest, the
would-be railroad builders of the city dis
played some more oratory at a special
meeting of the city commission yester-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, in regard to
the Avenue F franchise. Representatives
of the four parties who made the speeches
on the same subject Wednesday were
present.
The only result of the meeting is that
the commission has asked all of the
parties to put into writing their exact
propositions, where they want to build a
railroad when they will do it, how, and
all about it. These reports are to be
submitted to the commission by a GER
tain date and the granting of franchise
to some one of the group will soon fol-
low, it is stated.
AS before stated, the Avenue + fran
chise is now being sought by the Bir-
mingham Railway, Light and Power COM
pany, Judge William Nj. Walker, George
c. Kelley and associates and the Tide
water lines. All of the four parties were
represented yesterday afternoon, speeches
being made by Robert Jemlson, Jr., Lee
Bradley and others. The arguments were
practically the same as made by the diff
ferent interests Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
ROTARIANS VERY
LIVE ORGANIZATION
Still Talking About Great Success of
the Lunch Wednesday at Hygienic
Cold Storage Plant

The Rotary club, which lunches in a
body every Wednesday, is a center of
n-irth and good fellowship as well as
public spirit.
The members are still talking about the
last meeting and the success of the comic
as we'll as the serious side of the pro-
gramme. The club was the guest of j.
Frank and William Ruston at their cold
storage plant. situated at Elyton. One
hundred and twenty-five members ae-
oepted the invitation. The Rotarians first
inspected the plant, which is said to have
been a revelation to all of them.
After they had been shown over the
plant the members of the club made a
short sightseeing tour of the old town of
Ely ton, now a part of the city of Bir-
mingham, and enjoyed looking at the
landmarks of a half century and more
ago. They visited the famous Elyton
spring, which furnishes water to operate
the cold storage plant.
The luncheon was bountiful and tooth
some. At each luncheon of the Rotary
club an instructive address is delivered
by O. member. and the address on this
occasion was by j. Frank Rrshton, Sr.,
his theme being the cold storage indus
try from the time he began business
here in 1881 up to the present Mr.. Rush
ton is always an interesting speaker and
his address Wednesday was considered
especially Instructive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
NORWOOD LADIES
WILL HAVE BAzAR
Opens Today at Second and
Twentieth-Will Serve
Dinner

The ladies of the Norwood Methodist
church will open a bazar this morning
at the same location, at Twentieth street
and Second avenue, which the Ladies of
ST. Paul's church have occupied for the
past week. The purpose of this bazar
is to raise funds to help erect a church
in the Norwood section. The Ladies'
Missionary society,", of which Mrs. j.
w. Fain is president, will be actively
in charge. Mrs. A. Gibson will be the
hostess throughout the time the bazar
is in operation today, tomorrow and
tomorrow night. Dinners will be served
every day from 11:30 to o'clock
The room is to be decorated In a very
tasty manner and the booths will be
especially attractive. Among the pretty
things to be sold will be dressed dolls
and baskets filed with flowers. There
will be guessing contests, most of which
will center around a cake.
The special feature of the bazar is to
be the dinners which will be served. The
menus are to consist mainly of turkey
and Mrs. Gibson, the hostess says that
she will have the prettiest girls in the
city to serve at the tables. Saturday
night the ladies will serve supper begin
ming at o'clock and continuing until
the stores close. Mrs. Gibson says that
an especially tasty lunch will be pre-
pared for the clerks and salespeople of
the various stores in the downtown sec
tion. Many of them will not be able to
go home for the evening meal and the
Norwood ladies intend to prepare one for
them that will be well worth while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
BROWNS MERCHANT
VICTIM OF FORGER
H. B. Gildea Recently Entertained
Man Who Now Uses His Letter
Heads to Obtain Money

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
For my benefit and for the benefit of
the public, I would ask your valuable
space for a few lines that might lead to
the arrest and conviction of a character
that we shared our hospitality with over
night Sunday, the 9th. He said his name
was Smith and that he was warden at
the Georgia state convict farm, near Mil
ledgeville, Ga, and that he was on his
way to Meridian to bring back some of
his escaped convicts that were recap
tured at that point. 1t appears while
here he took some of my letter. heads
with him and assumed my name and used
my private mail for identification.
Already at three different points in
Mississippi and labama he has succeed
ed in getting money in the name OF the
writer, H. b. Gildea, by forging checks
and borrowing to the amount of $74 80
at the three points. / have informa-
next Ocean Springs, Miss, and the last
at Bratton, Ala.
His description is as follows: He wore
a brown suit, wool shirt six feet tall,
weight about 200 pounds; age 4S years;
well proportioned and muscular He wore
a black broad hat. Yours truly,
Fl. B. GILDEA.
Browns, Ala, November "a, 1913
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
Suggests Taxation Plan

10 the Editor of The Age-Herald:
The writer is not a large taxpayer.
but he is interested in the welfare. pro-
gress and development of the city of Bir-
mingham, county of Jefferson and state
of Alabama, and being thus Interested he
reads with interest the sundry express
sions relative to the subject of public
debt and taxation.
1t requires extraordinary mind to
discover that Birmingham's deficit Is
caused largely by the statutory reduction
to GO per cent of value. This deprived
the city of 40 cents of the 90 cents pro-
vided by the Birmingham amendment and
yet a jefferson member of the Iegisla
ture declares himself responsible for that
act.
Would it not be wise to fix assessments
at par and reduce the state tax rate from
61s mills to 4 mills? This would WELD to
the state the same income as now 1t
would give to the city of Birmingham
her 10 mills on full value, allow the board
of revenue of jefferson county to levy
the constitutional limit and do away with
the necessity for another constitutional
amendment. SCOTT Il. CIIESNITT.
Birmingham, November q, 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
OIL MILL DAMAGED
$4,000 BY FIRE
Blaze in Butler-Kyser Plant
Attributed to Defec-
tive Wire

A blaze attributed to a defective electric
wire in the main oil mill of the Butler
Kyser Oil and Fertilizer company at
North Birmingham caused about $4,000
damage. about o'clock yesterday morn
Ing. 1t required three fire companies to
extinguish the flames.
The fire started in a room where the
floor was covered with cotton lint, and in
moment the room was a raging mass
of flames. The alarm was sounded and
fire companies 9, II and 13 answered
promptly. The work of the fremen was
heartily commended as they kept the
flames confined to one building. The dam
age was mainly to machinery.
THE firemen did great work." said j
II. Duncan, manager oflthe company, "ir
keeping the flames from spreading. Oul
plant is large one and there is much
inf1ammable material in it, 1t is due to
the efficiency of the fire department that
a much more disastrous conf1agration did
not happen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
'OVER 100 FED At THE
P|SGAH HOME DINNER
Number of Prisoners From
SOuthside Jail ParOled
to Attend

over one hundred persons sat down to
the annual Thanksgiving dinner given
yesterday at Pisgah home. and fully en-
joyed the substantial and bounteous re-
past. The tables were laden with edibles
usually connected with Thanksgiving
dinner and the occasion was one of much
enjoyment
In addition to the inmates of the home
Southside city prison were present. They
had been temporarily paroled that they
might enjoy the hospitality of the Off
cials of the Pisgah home. Isadore Sha-
piro acted as chairman and made short
address. A number of the members of
the welfare department was present in
Guiding Mrs c. p. Orr, Mrs. Wilson Sea-
wright Miss Nell Freeman and others.
At the dinner yesterday everybody was
welcome and no questions We're asked
as to whether the person had money, or
a job or home, suffice it was that he
asked for dinner and he got good
one.
Acting on the theory that a full stom-
ach is worth two sermons to a hungry
man, there were no preliminary addresses,
only brief blessing asked by Mr.. John
son, one of the operatives of the home.
The guests did justice to the ample din
ner provided as the empty plates at the
close of the repast testified.
After the dinner Mr.. Shapiro, Mrs. Orr
and Mrs. Seawright made short addresses,
not sermons, but words of cheer and en-
couragement holding out the hope of
brighter lives and bester days. Several
of the prisoners responded and expressed
their thanks and appreciation both of
the dinner and of the kind words of hope
and comfort of the several speakers. An
other short benediction and the dinner
was over.