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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
No accident is ever so terrible as the
damage claims might indicate.
About the only time some men ever
have steady employment. is when they are
in the workhouse.
For the first three months his heart
would be broken If she didn't meet him al
the door with a kiss. After that he
doesn't give a hang about the kiss, but he
will raise Hail Columbia IL his supper
isn't ready on time.
Until man is 30 he is hunting new
worlds to conquer. After that he is usu-
corns or rheumatism, or both.
The average citizen likes to yell that
he is being robbed by the trusts. But you
can always enlist an army of average
citizens who are willing to rob the trusts.
Probably the men who want sexual
knowledge taught in the schools figure
that girls are wasting lot of time play
ing with dolls when they might be dis.
cussing Damaged Goods"
Your credit Is like anything else. The
less you use it the better it Is.
1t isn't conscience that makes you plead
guilty. 1t is the hope of leniency and a
light sentence.
A man who tells you he isn't afraid OF
his wife is what Billy Sunday would call
wall-eyed liar. Most men are good hus-
bands because they haven't the nerve to
be anything else. It isn't fear of bodily
injury, either.
Fate is a mean cuss The man with
the lobster income usually has milk
toast stomach, and the man with the lob
ster stomach usually has pork and
beans income.
Somehow or other it always makes an
ornery man feel good when he learns that
the bank cashier who absconded was
superintendent of Sunday school.
When man fees from temptation he
usually waits around the corner for it to
catch up with him.
One reason why mother always gets UP
before father in the morning is to give
father the pleasure of pulling handful
OF her hair out of the comb after he has
washed himself. SH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
HARDY WRITES A WEIRD POEM
From the Milwaukee Sentinel,


London--F'ew poems have given .
greater thrill to the literary world OF
London than that of Thomas Hardy,
which was pubised recently under the
title, "oh, Are You Digging on MY
Grave?''
Since the death of his wife the author
of Tess has moved about as one to
whom life was something forged and for
eign, and now all at once he has burst
out with this weird and startling cry;
'Then who is digging on my grave?
Say-since l have not guessed"
20, 1t Is I, my mistress dear,
Your little dog who still lives near
And much hope my movements here
Have not disturbed your rest
Mistress. dug upon your grave
To bury a bone, in case
I should be hungry near this spot
When passing on my daily trot.
l am sorry, but I quite forgot
1t was your resting place.
In view of the POEMS strength, one may
doubt the authors wisdom In having de-
cided to abstain from writing further
novels on account of his failing powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
THE LURE OF OLD LONDON

breath in that dingy lodging in Brick
Court, 1t would have taken from death
one OF its pangs to know that 139 years
later a stranger from over the sea would
stand by his grave, his heart in his throat
and tears in his eyes for thinking of
1.-The good vicar of Wakefield'' and the
"Jessamy Bride" of "Old Sam Johnson"
and 1.-The Deserted Village" of Tony
Lumpkin and "The Traveller" as he MUIR
INJURED to himself:
Remote, unfriended. melancholy, slow.
Or by the lazy Schelt or wandering Pc,
Where'er l roam whatever realms TO see.
My heart untraveled fondly turns to thee,
Still to my brother turns
The Princes Jermyn street, London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

court is compelled to remain idle n
couple of days.
Erwin Pope four times has been
sentenced to death by Calhoun county
juries, and the date for his execution
has been set six times, as the supreme
court twice reversed itself. His alleged
crime was committed six years ago.
Today, as the result of the snarl and
jumble of legal procedure, he stands
as not even indicted.
We live and learn. Forthwith" now
means DELAY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
PLAIN WORKS

From a Kittaning Pa) Exchange.
The girl who insists on spooning with
everybody in the corporation limits ought
to be taken back to the woodshed and re-
lieved of her overflow of affection with
a No. IL slipper laid carelessly across the
hiplets. We had sooner see a girl kiss a
blind shoat through barbed wire fence
than have her change partners six nights
week in the front parlor with the lights
turned low. 1t is harAler to marry off a
girl who has been paved over by every
boy In the community than it is to fatten
sheep on pineapple ice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
Ny Soul Lies Out Like Basking Hound
BY Sydney Dobell.


SOUL lies out like baslSing hound
A hound that dreams and dozes;
Along my life my length lay,
fill tomorrow with yesterday.
l am warm with the suns that have long since set
/ warm with the summers that not yet,
And like one who dreams and dozes
Softly afioat on sunny sea,
Two worlds whispering over me-
And there blows wind of roses
From the backward shore to the shore before,
From the shore before to the backward shore.
And like two clouds that meet and pour
Each through each, till core in
A single self reposes,
The nevermore with the evermore
Above me mingles and Closes
As my soul lies out like the basking hound,
And wherever It lies seems happy ground.
And when. awakened by some sweet sound,
A dreamy eye uncloses
/ see blooming world around
And lie amid primroses
Years of sweet prinroses,
Springs of fresh prinroses,
Springs to be. and springs for me S
OF distant dim prfn1rosea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
HOBSON'S MISTAKE

From the jackson Clarion-Ledger.
Already 1T has been seen that it would
be safer for Hobson to sink more ves-
sells for his government or declare he will
give no quarter in his war with Japan
than to make Underwood a target for his
verbal bullets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
Virginia Metropolis. Expnnd,nr

Richmond, which extended its limits
prior to 1910 so as to include Manchester.
on the south side of the James, and some
territory in Henrico county, immediately
around the old town, is about to annex
more territory Said a member of Bir-
minghams Virginia colony.
I'm the last census Richmond was ored-
tied with population of 127,s2s. Ac-
cording to the estimate in the World AL
manac for 1913, a population of 134.146 was
claimed. In the annexation scheme now
pending considerable Henrico county ter
ritory is to be annexed, and a small ter
ritory in Chesterfield county. on the Man
chester side. The total population that
will be added to Richmond presently will
be between 1900 and 10000.
Few cities in the country are growing
more rapidly than Richmond. Those of
us who visit the old city only occasionally
marvel at the wonderful growth and
splendid Improvement. 1 was in Rich
mond recently, and 1 would have guessed
that it was city Of fully 100000 popula-
ticn. According to Richmond's very mod
est claims. the new territory to be added
will give it In all population something
like 145,0 600.
AND speaking of claims, Birmingham is
also modest, because it appears in the last
World Almanac with a population of 15O.-
06o. We haze nearer 100000 than 10000.
Atlanta, which has probably 10000, got
into the World Almanac with 225 00O--ridic-
ulousi"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
IMMUNE.

How dear to my heart is the storm-beaten
raincoat
That hangs on the hatrack, out in the
hall;
The. skies may be lowering, the blizzard
bite shrewdly,
do not mind winter-like weather at all.
Some will buy overcoats costly and gls-
tering,
Paying out money they Ill can afford;
There hangs my raincoat, shabby but
useful yet,
And moths never tackle it, looking for
board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

the bed every night now because Mrs
PanlShurst is in this country SO long as
several large-sized states intervene be.
tween Mrs. Pankhurst and us, we arc
not in the least bit alarmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
NO NEED TO he ALARMED

Fr0m the Houston Post.
We are not for woman's 8 suffrage at this
time, but If Alabama elects Hobson and
Massachusetts elects Foss. we are going
to consider the possibility of obtaining
sane political action through the enfran-
chisement of infants of less than six years
Of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
The serxice Eaetar

'rhe old idea that the public exist
ed for the business man is rapidly be-
ing replaced by the knowledge that
the business house exists for the pur-
pose of performing some function of
service for it's patrons and the pub :
lic," said progressive man of busi-
ness in this city.
"a business house is, to a certain
extent. public servant, and the same
thing applies to a public servant that
applies to the private servant. The
more service rendered and the more
efficiently and gracefully it is per-
formed. the more remuneration the
concern is entitled to at the hands of
its patrons; and as for that matter.
the more premium it's services will
command.
1T was a mistaken idea that the
merchant sold only the goods that went
from the store and that the quality
and price were the only things to be
considered, for one of the most potent
factors in modern commerce Is the serv
ice that goes with the goods"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
ADRlFT With The links

NO. I can save money and get more
reliable information by staying at home
and reading a medical book"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
nIRMINGHAM sKYsCRAPERs

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
buildings SO high that the occupants may
get. out Of the range Of the factory
smoke =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

From the accounts Of the reception be-
ing given Colonel Roosevelt in Brazil,
there can't be the slightest doubt he is
having bully time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

near holding our own with any beIligerent
country south of US without calling the
National Guard for field service or asking
for volunteers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

The editor of 'love column says she
doesn't know what "steadies' are. AZ
fectation pure and simple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

New York man choked to death on
roast beef. But this form of self destruc-
ton will never become general on ae-
count of the high cost of beef
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

Huerta is a grim looking old fellow but
he must have smiled over the result" in
the recent election in Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

An Ohio man left $1,000 to each of 10
stenographers. Much better than taking
each one out to dinner and promising to
marry her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

DIR. Lawton says Mr.. Bryan is a good
neighbor. Does he mean that Mr.. Bryan
is at home so little?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

The man who has been aboard the I'M
perator feels very very sorry for the man
who has merely been aboard the Olympic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

Mis- Tlkins is married at last. It looks
like a case of "off the front page for
ever" Condolences to the "dook.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

A Detroit man wants divorce from
his wife because she Keeps too many cats
That's enough to rub most anybody the
wrong way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

Fashion says, Wear a certain sort of
thingumbob on your hat" and every
woman in the land wears it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
cINcH.

Il understand whipple has adopted a
oltical career"
1T was the other way about. A po-
iitical machine adopted whipple and now
his career is assured"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

Cleveland ice men are reported to be or
ganizing. For the sake of company, we
presume, winter being a lonely time of
year for ice men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

We predict that Santa Claus will be pic
tured as riding in an aeroplane this year
and sending wireless messages ahead. 1t
is hoped he won't try Zeppelin airship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

Sulzer says he has no ak to grind. 1t
would seem that the legislature had the
ax
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
A BACKWARD GLANCE.

|
his career is assured"
A BACKWARD GLANCE.
How well do 1 remember
When l was small, you know
Along in bleak November
A-nutting l would so.
And while 1 seldom gathered
More nuts than l could crack,
always carried with me
A most tremendous sack.
NOTHING TO HIS CREDIT.
Nowadays when a man tries to make
both ends meet he is greeted by loud
laugh of derision."
quite so. And it is generally suspected
that he is lacking in finesse."
NOT DESIRABLE.
well. here is one estate the heirs won't
fight over
'fwhat kind is it?''
"a maiden lady died and left IA cats"
SLIGHTLY IN ERROR.
A st. Louis boxer who was caught with
a piece of gasppe in his glove seems to
have confused the manly art of self
defense" with the methods Of foot
pad.
NOT GETTING ANYWHERE.
What sort of platform is this candidate
| running on?'
IT think it's a treadmill."
PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29
HARD TO DO.

HARD TO DO.
"A perfect woman, says that in order
to attain beauty Of form women should
remain continuously in a cataleptic state"
You must be mistaken"
well, it's the same thing, anyhow. She
says they must eliminate anger envy.
peevishness, hate and fear"
FIRST AID TO THE TALKATIvE.
II notice one thing"
'"And what is that?'
People who are never at a loss for
something to say use great deal of
slang"
A LARGE PACKAGE.
"one can send almost anything now-
adays by parcel post"
Yes. A girl in a neishboring state
sends her love that way"
DOOMED.
A thought to cheer
And not dismay;
We're drawing near
To turkey day.
Sir Gobbler wears
A worried look:
Peace to his heirsi
He's for the cook.
NOT WORTH WHILE.
"This play teaches a lesson. Let's go
in and see it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

The Berliner Gazette. regarded as an
inspired organ of the German govern
ment, says Germany has decided to pro-
tect her interests and citizens in Mexico
no matter what other nations may do"
But it is safe bet Germany will take
careful heed that she finds no more tow on
her distaff than she knows how to spin.
The British government has decided that
it Will not send Harry Kemp, the tramp
poet of Kansas, back to America against
his will. Hurrah for Old England. This
gracious act more than condones for any
slip Sir Lionel Garden may have made in
meddling with Mexican affairs.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
new CURE FOR SWELL-HEAD
Lot the Fowls Go by ThemeeIves,
Separating From Others, II Il
Can Be Done Conveniently.

(By MRS. u. M. STETSON. California;
There Is practice among poultry
people to catch fowl with SWELL
head and squeeze the white matter
out, thinking that this will relieve the
bird Of its corruption and cause It to
get we'll.
This is entirely wrong. A sac or
covering surrounds this white matter,
keeping it from going any further
than the one organ. When this sac
is broken, as it must necessarily be
by the breaking Of It's outside covering
In order to eject it from the eye, the
contagion is allowed to go down the
nose and spread to the whole head.
The bird Is then a hopeless case, for
there is no remedy now but the ak
The matter which will be found in the
blood Of the fowl Is also Of very
contagious nature and contact with
other organs will cause them to take
on similar conditions Of corruption and
decay.
If the bird is kept in warm place
and Is fed on highly stimulating and
nutritious food the blood will finally
right itself, but it cannot do so IL
largely re-infected, or vaccinated with
the virus Of the disease throughout
the entire head.
The proper way to do is not to
touch the head, just letting tho fowls
go by themselves; this is better than
the squeezing treatment, but separate
them If convenient from the other
chickens and keep warm and feed all
they will eat.
If the eye is not pecked by the other
chickens, as In fighting over food, or
the sac is not broken, there Is no
special danger Of the other birds catch.
Ing the disease, even If they are allow
ed to run together.
We spent several dollars for roup
medicine, worked necessarily, causing
ourselves and the poor chickens un-
told misery by trying the squeezing
out method, and always lost the cases.
Now we let them run and, save for a
blind eye, we seldom ever have one
die.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
T
BAPTlSTS ADJOURN.
STATE CONVENTION AT BEN.
nErTsvILLE CLOSES susY
SESSIONS.
TO BUILD BIG SANATARlUM
NsEommlttee Authorizes establishment
Of Hospital at Columbia
ent Addresses Close Busy Sessions.
Meet at Charleston in 1914.
TO BUILD BIG sANATARIuM

Bennettsyille.-The closing day Of
the Baptist State Convention was oc-
cupied with many reports and the
ministers and delegates did much
work before adjournment was moved.
The next session is at Charleston in
December, 1914.
Among the important actions Of the
body was the adoption Of the report
Of the committee on q sanitarium,
recommending its establishment and
location at Columbia.
The offer Of property valued at $1O,-
900, made through DR.. G.. G. Brown,
for home for preachers at Beaufort
was accepted
The convention in it's closing ses.
sion was full Of reports of committees
and the projection Of the work for
next year. The devotional exercises
/ for the morning hour was conducted
Tby the Rev. J. D. Pitts.
The report Of woman's work was
read by P. H. Cosey. Representatives
from the Woman's Missionary union
were received as follows: Mrs. J. B.
Boatwright, Mrs. l.. j. Bristow, Mrs.
j. d. Chapman, Mrs. M. e. McLaurin
and Mrs. J. E. McManaway.
Mrs. j. d. Chapman, president of
the State Woman's Missionary union
responded, for the union. Hereafter
the w. M. U. will present it's report
direct.
The consideration Of unfinished re.
ports on state missions, including the
report on evangelism, was continued.
AN address was made by DR.. j. H.
RnldridRt
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
Obituary.

Mr.. w. A. Hendrix, q Con4
federate Veteran, aged rs years,
died at his home near Six Mile
Sept. 2. 1918, and was buried
the day following at Gap Hill
church.
Mr.. Hendrix had been stricken
with paralysis for several
months previous to his death.
He bore his Affections patiently
and Ch'istlike. He seemed very
grateful tor any expressions of
kindness and sympathy from
his friends. He often told his
friends and companions that he
was ready and willing to 20 at
the Masters call.
TO the bereaved:
Christian, when thy way seems
darkest,
And thine eyes with tears are
dim,
Straight TO God, thy Father,
Fastening,
Tell thy sorrows unto Him.
All thy gliefs by Him are or
dered;
Needful is each one for thee;
Still believe With faith unshaken
All shall work for good to me.
The gentle Savior'd have thee
nestle
Closer to His loving breast;
He would have that world seen
brighter
Where alone is perfect rest.
A Friend.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
MACHINE FOR TESTING EGGS
Electric "Dayiight" Tester Has Inter.
esting Automatic Features-Agc
May Be Determined.

Testing eggs outdoors or in q room
having ordinary light, where eggs may
be sorted and Grated at the same
time, Is possible with the machine
here shown. The outfit is about three
feet long, with q roller ut each end
over which an endless canvas belt
moves. About six inches apart on
this belt are small metal saucers, each
Of which holds an egg, says the Popu-
lar Electricity. Centrally located
above the belt Is an electric lamp, re-
ceiving current from regular light
Ing circuit. or from "a dry batteries,
and over the lamp Is placed hood
having an opening In the top.
The belt Is run by turning crank,
and the electric lamp automatically
lights when ON egg passes over it, re-
yealing the condition Of the egg to
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
Trio Of Colored Rouen Duofsa.

nearly full OF pebbles. and pour in
water. They will drink in the little
pools between the pebbles and be kept
from getting too wet. After they are
three to four weeks old water will
not hurt them.
The Pekins, Rouens and Indian
Runners are the three most popular
breeds. the latter being perfect egg
Tachine, but small In size. The Pc
kins lay we'll and are excellent table
ducks, making very desirable mar
ket duck. They weigh: Adult drakes.
pounds; young brakes. 7; ducks,
7, and young ducks. 6. In all there
are ten varieties Of standard bred
ducks.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18

Report on the Baptist sanitarium
was read by T.. J. Bristow and discuss.
ed by l.. J. Bristow, A. G. Wilkins, J.
!. Allen, ]. X. Hair, I. q. Murray and
y" d. Gambrell OF Texas This report
lprovked considerable discussion
There is some opposition TO the estab
lishment Of this institution. The con
ventfon, however, adopted the report
OF the committee and has authorized
the establishing OF tho hospital. OF,
fers from Greenwood amounting r..
i$80.000. Chester amounting to s4C, ,000
from N. F. Shaver amounting to si26 !.
1000 and Columbia amounting to s30
,OoO and site were reported The
hospital will be located in Columbia
althougn 1t Is probable that the Sha.
Ver spring property will be available
on certain conditions, the income to
pe applied for sanitarium purposes.
The convention closed at q late
hour, after concluding it's business sea.
sion and hearing two addresses. De.
votional exercises were conducted bv
w. D. Wakefield.
The closing addresses were de,,v.
cred by DR.. j. B. Gambrell of Dallas
1exas' on the Baptist Day and Duty"
and by DR.. e. Y. Mullins of Louisville
ny" on "A Worthy Baptist Pro.
gramme." The convention ordered
that speakers be secured for such clos.
ing addresses at the next meeting. AZ.
ter singing "Bless Be the Tie" the con.
vention adjourned to meet at Charles.
ton In 1914.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
SECURE PROFIT FROM DUCKS
Eggs Can Be Sold at High Prlces and
There Is Always Good Demand
for Their Feathers.

A nice flock Of ducks increases the
profits on tho farm every year. The
eggs can be sold in the spring at
good prices. for setting, and there is
always a good sale for feathers.
They are much less trouble than
chickens or turkeys because they sci.
dom die from any kind Of disease.
Ducks will always take care Of them.
selves after they have been Matched q
short time. AS soon as the ducks
are large enough to eat. sprinkle
thick curd In their boxes. Shallow
vessels should be used for watering.
good plan is to fill O fiat pan
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18

Association recently IL was oecn,s,,
10 expand the programme in the wav
OF especial prizes. which would serve
TO stimulate commendable and vain.
aDie endeaVor. About $500 extra was
subscribed for special prizes. Ninety
uo,iars was subscribed for a special
1ieid display, $50 for household dis.
play (women), $25 for corn clubs and
Szo Tor tomas clubs and the last two
may nnally reach $50 each. when sub
scriptions are all in.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
Florence Is Growinr

fiorence.-The building record in
rlorence shows no diminution. The
creatlon OF the new office Of building
inspector with the requirement in the
building ordinance for permits to be
ISSUED shows that Florence Is keep
ing up her record Of more than a
mouse day for every day in tho
year Besides number of dwell
1ngs that are being built in different
parts or the city, there are in course
OF construction now the handsome
new $4,000 Methodist church and
humorous others.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18

FOR SALE One Smith Pre-
mier No. 2 Typewriter. In ex-
cellent condition. Apply to O.
g. Boroughs. Norris, S. G..
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
Raise Much Corn.

Charleston. - Charleston county
planters having raised this year more
corn than they can possibly use. Aeri
cultural Manager w. Mcleod Framp
ton Of the Chamber Of Commerce. has
'seVeral car loads on hand which he is
trying to market for the producers.
Ihis is the first time in the history
or the county, he says, that the plant.
ers have produced more corn than thew
can use themselves.