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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

with these subjects they should be in
troduced into the upper elementary and
the grammar grades. for. as we know
only minute fraction of the children
remain in school beyond the eighth
grade.
The college of agriculture, the expert
ment station. bulletins. farmers insti-
tutes, are all valuable-indeed, abso-
lutely Indispensable the real work
of regenerating our agriculture and our
mechanical trades must begin with our
children.
And there seems to me ample time
for the introduction of these new sub
jects in our courses of study. AS things
stand, we have erected a stupendous
educational scaffolding for our children.
In my opinion. and l am ready to de-
fend the thesis, the preparation for life
work, as it is given today in our ele-
mentary and secondary schools and col
leges and professional schools, could
with profit be reduced a third of the
time.
Let us have less of cube root less OF
cerain forms of geography, less of su-
perfcial physiology less of story tell
ing and idling of time, less of stocks
and bends and bank discount. etc, and
We can readily find place for studies
that Will put more cream in the churn
| and more beans in the bin; that will in
culcate genuine love and apprecia-
! ton of the rich delights of the farm and
countryside; that will create a spirit of
| devotion to country life rather than
alienation, thus serving to check the
cityward exodus of our country boys.
Practical Work
And the problem of practical work
| for school agriculture is rapidly finding
| solution. The school garden, the viii
lage plat system, the large farm sys-
tenn of the Christian brothers at Lin
colndale, New York. and the Jewish Ma
tional Farm school near Philadelphia
, the agricultural high school system Of
experiment stations and farms are all
successful efforts in the right direction
but the supreme movement for practical
work for all schools and especially for
the rural schools, is the organization
of boys corn clubs, boys pig clubs and
girls canning clubs. The success of
this movement has been marvellous. 1t
permeats the remotest regions and has
met signal success in the very smallest
schools. The laboratory is a boys own
home, the boys own farm; the girrs
own home and the girls own tomato
patch. 1t is organized rural life on
the spot. is the thing itself 1t
| shows the boy and girl that farm life
pays. 1t eniists their interest and
throws the center of gravity to the
country rather than to the city. 1t Is
the great antidote against the call of
] the crowd and the lufe of the lime
light In one southern state, for IN
stance, there are 1900 boys thus or
ganized and over 5000 girls, the average
yield of corn having been raised in this
industrial army of the young from 8 to
46 bushels per acre; over 100 of them
averaging over 100 bushels to the acre
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
This City the Center

at is not an exaggeration to say
that more mules and better mules and
horses are coming into the Birmingham
wholesale trade now than are shipped
in or out of any other southern city
without single exception.
"The same is true of the wholesale
trade in horses, in proportion to their
use in this country l believe that
Birmingham is destined to become the
virtual center of the horse and mule
business of the south. It's natural ad-
vantages seem to warrant that state
ment. even if the great development of
the business at the present time did not
show that the trend is indisputably
this way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

and we are constantly extending our
territory said the owner of one of
the yards Il think it safe to say that
this year we will pretty nearly double
the number of our shipments, while
reaching a dozen new markets that we
never reached before. Nevertheless the
demand made by Birmingham and vi
cinity alone is sufficient to keep the
live stock business humming and this
local trade is increasing even more
rapidly than the trade with other
States.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

ed states provided that ION and after
January 21. 1910, the organization ar
mament and discipline of the organized
militia of the various states and terri
tories and District of Columbia shall
be the same as that which is now or
may hereafter be prescribed for the
regular army of the United States" Or
CARNATIONS not maintaining the above
required standard are mustered out of
the service. Officers are required to
stand both mental and physical exam
nations for commission or promotion.
Responsible officers of all organizations
are required to furnish guarantee COM
pany bonds for all property for which
they are accountable. This has caused
a marked decrease in loss and misuse
of military stores.
The small standing army policy of
the United States necessitates an eff
ciont and thoroughly equipped national
guard The federal government Is do
ing its part toward the cause by an
preparations, equipment and furnishins
competent instructors. The state should
do likewise as aside from patriotic pur-
poses the national guard as an auxil-
larry arm of the state government 1t
is guarantee of enforcement of law
and order.
The national guardsman should re-
ceiNe support and encouragement for
his patriotic unremunerative labor The
old adage is that a man shall serve his
country in time of war is noble. brave
and patriotic, but that man shall
properly prepare himself in time of
peace is all these things and many
more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
LIFE TRAINING
MUST START IN
RURAL SCHOOLS

Continued From Page FOur)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
HORSE AND MULE
TRADE FOR SOUTH
IS CENTERED HERE
Birmingham a Distributing
Point for Several States.
Wonderful Success
of Business

The trade in horses and mules in
Birmingham has grown to such proper
tions that one firm in this city alone
is handling more and larger shipments
than any other dealer in the south. In
conjunction with the other stables in
Birmingham this firm is bringing in
hundreds of mules and horses each
month from Missouri. Kentucky and
Tennessee and the business of traffick-
ing III these most valuable of animals
has come to the point where Birmins-
ham is now known both as the head
quarters for local sales and foreign
shipments. The trade in mules is so
great that special trains carry out the
animals to buyers in Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana and Texas, while the local
dealers sell practically every mule and
horse that is used by Alabama farmers.
The trade in horses is not so great
as in mules from the fact that horses
brought in here from Missouri have to
undergo an acclimatizing process which
holds them in the hands of the horse
dealer for from three weeks to several
months. Mules, however, do not suffer
from this distemper when imported.
Besides being the harder animal they
are more valuable, breed for breed, in
any market of the south. 1t follows
that the mule trade in Birmingham is
about five times that in horses-and
when it is noted that no fewer than
10000 horses changed hands through
the sales stables in this city in 1912
some idea of the vastness of the mule
trada NAV he ina Pined
Missouri Mules in Demand
For the most part the mules imported
to this city for sale both in Alabama
and adjacent states are the best bred
mules that can be bought in the market
anywhere and the best bred in the
famous Missouri mule district. one
shipment of mules made by Birming-
ham firm to Louisiana included nothing
but stock that was valued at $500
head Most of the other shipments are
nearly as classy and all of them are
made in such quantities that whole
freight trains are necessary to carry
the stock to their consignees.
THAT trade is growing wonderfully,
said a local dealer. Its the fastest
coming, as we'll as one of the most per-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

lie SOSDel Is good Seeu. ROOu 1eGIlllZa-
tion, good cultivation, and the fruits of
this gospel-good crops, prosperity and
happiness and content on the farm. The
slogan of this movement is not SO much
back to the farm as stay on the
farm
Manual Training
Another highly important factor of
practical work that should be under
taken by rural schools is manual train
ing.
Truly one of the most Imperative
needs of the south today is a mechan-
ical sense-the ability to utilize ma
chinery and labor-saving devices.
How many farmers in any community
are able to apply to their own business
the beneficial results of improved farm
machinery, or recent discoveries in
practice of farm life? And what shall
be said of the lack of mechanical con-
veniences about the home or in the
kitchen?
On every hand there is most ur-
gent demand for skilled labor, the sup
ply being entirely Inadequate. Yet
only the most meager facilities are
available for white youths in the south
| for learning these excellent arts ana
| crafts of the hand that really make up
| the higher material expressions of a
peoples civilization.
| We advocate this training Tor the
negro. We advocate it for the incorrig-
| ible white; but, | ask, do we desire that
the door to all this fine form of me-
chanical labor shall be forever closed
! to the great masses OF our intelligent
| and worthy youths?
With the development into electrical
energy of the water power along the
foothills of the piedmont escarpment,
the south seems to offer wonderful
field for the application of mechanical,
industrial skill. Shall we leave for
others to enter in and take possession
of this legacy, or shall we train our
own sons for these great possibilities?
Electricity on the Farm
Why may not the day come when we
shall see the work of the home and
farm yard done by electric moters-
chopping the food supply for the cattle,
pumping the water, driving the sewing
machine, swinging the churn and rock
ing the cradle-thus supplantng the
hand that rules the world
Wood work or carpentry will be the
form of manual training most readily
developed for the boys. the equipment
being inexpensive and readily supplied.
The chief obstacle to the Immediate
progress of this movement of industrial
education, as we know, is the lack of
properly trained, competent instructors; !;
but the obstacle is not insurmountable.
The agricultural colleges, normal
schools and agricultural high schools
are already remedying the defects,
and the widespread demand and
handsome salaries offered for vocational
teachers will inevitably bring supply
| prosperous, intelligent and content
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
Interest in Alfalfa Growing

Within the past few years Alabama
farmers have demonstrated that this sec
ton offers more possibilities for the
growing of alfalfa than any other sec
ton of the country In the west this le
gume has met with remarkable success,
and it promises to be equally popular
with Alabama farmers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

The gospel is good seed. good fertliza-
tion, good cultivation, and the fruits of
this sospel-good crops, prosperity and
happiness and content on the farm The
slogan of this movement is not SO much
back to the farm as stay on the
farm"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
SHOULD HAVE SUPPORT
BY JOSEPH II. SCULLY
Adjutant General of Alabama

The evolution Of the organized militia
of the various states and territories has
been very strenuous proposition for
the war department and national guard
officials. From organizations whose
patriotism iss unquestioned but whose
sole endeavor was TO outshine each 9TH
er in guadiness and excellence of spec
tacular movement has been developed
the sombre khaki national guardsman
of the present day who is required to
know battle conditions, which includes
field service regulations, sanitation, map
reading, care of property and proh-
cheney in rifle practice.
The elimination almost entirely of
the social end of the national guard
and the hard study and labor necessary.
to become and remain efficient, which
is necessary to remain in the service
has been difficult problem to the
poorer states who do not make ade-
quate appropriations for the support of
the national guard. Lack of armory
facilities for the proper care of prom
erty and whose drill halls are not ade-
quate for indoor instruction is one of the
more serious handicaps of this state
The last report of the secretary of
war in the state of Alabama with n
organizations reported on shows as fol-
lows, which do not afford United States
property proper protection from ele-
ments or security from THEFT. 4 whose
drill hall is not adequate for indoor
instruction, 80. This is condition
which should be remedied by the CO.
operation of state, county and munich
pal authorities.
The amended militia law of the Unit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

ed rural population-this is IA thing de-
sired.
A 40 acre farm-not a large planta-
ton with careless tenantry; every man
under his own vine and fig tree; crops
we'll titled; cattle and horses fat and
with silken fianks; pigs and poultry of
the finest. a neat schoolhouse on the
hill, with good teachers within; a cozy
church nearby. good roads stretching
off to neighbors not too far away or
to market; rural delivery; rural tele-
phones; house fun of the air of COM
fort and newly painted; children and
housewife intelligent, busy, thrifty.
happy-this Is the ideal of our southern
country regions, a rural democracy.
And with proper attention to the
preparation of the boy and the girl on
the farm for life work on the farm,
the ultimate eonsummation of this ideal
can surely be accomplished.
iii fares the land to Fastening ills a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

prey
Where wealth aecumulates and men
decay.
Princes and lords may flourish or may
fade;
breath can make them as a breath
zhas made.
But bold 'yeomanry,' countrys
pride,
When once destroyed can never be
supplied"
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-07-11

40-in. Bordered Lawns,
35c values, 15c.
Pretty patterns in Bor-
dered Lawns, 40-in. wide,
of extra quality, 15c yd.
New 35c Corduroys 29c
These are new and ex-
ceedingly popular, but
they go at this reduction.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-08
JUDGE MASON PAYS
CITY VISIT FRIDAY
Was Appointed by Governor en-
ssml-centsnnisi comnis-
sion.
Discussed Plans For Fifteenth Ami
s'rssry cslserstien With Local
Men.

John W. Mason. Of Fairmont. a
member OF the Semi Centennial COM
mission appointed by Governor Glass
cock to make arrangements for the
statewide celebration next June.
spent yesterday IN this city confer
ring with the executive committee
Of the Board OF Trade committee.
which will have charge OF the local
celebration during the week OF June
16 to 81. Several matters relating
to the local AFFAIR as well as the state
celebration were considered.
Judge Mason wac shown through
the new Market Auditorium. in which
part OF the local celebration will be
held and was informed OF several 9TH
er arrangements. He expressed him
self as being extremely gratified and
surprised with the advanced stage Of
preparations for the Wheeling cele-
brauon and predicted the most elsb-
crate affair OF the kind in the history
OF the state.
y. Walker Peterson. treasurer Of
the state Semi Centennial Commits
sion. enteetained with luncheon at
the Fort Henry club yesterday. Judge
Mason. Col. John Z. Day. Secretary OF
the Commission. and Roy Il. Naylor.
Secretary OF the Board OF Trade ex-
ecutIye committee. The prominen,
Jurist. LETT last evening for his home
IN FGirmont
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-08
FIELD DAY
Is Being Arranged by Anttsaloon Peo
pie for Celebration CT Recent
"Ory" Victory.

Sunday. March Q. will be "prohibi
ton day" in Wheeling 81 present ar.
rangements OF the Anti-Saloon league
officials are carried out. and it is
likely that at least twenty-five pulpits
OF the local Protestant churches I'm
the city will be occupied on that day
by prohibition speakers and Anti
Saloon league lecturers who will tell
OF the work being carried on by that
organization. r. j. Hutton. local dis
trict superintendent, IS cooperating
with pastors of various churches in
making arrangements for the day.
The Anti-Saloon League OF America
is planning a nationwide campaign.
and the local exercises will be largely
preliminary 20 the beginning OF this
movement.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-08
SUPERINTENDENTS
OF Several Ohio Valley Schools Held
Meeting Yesterday IN WeIIsbure
Interesting Subjects.

Attended by superintendent OF
practically every city in this section
OF the Ohio valley. meeting OF the
Ohio Valley Schoolmasters' club was
held last evening in wellsburg. and
was featured by an interesting discus
sion OF the subject Sixth Grade Eng.
fish"
The following superintendents were
present; Wheeling. II b. Work: Mar
tins Ferry. Guy Finch. East Liver.
pool. F. IT, Warren: Wellsville. 4. ID.
Horton. Chester. G.. Timberman:
Toronto. p. J. Williams. Steuben.
vile. ii. J.. Erwin; Wellsburg. =. b..
Bryant: Bridgeport. p. &. Gillette:
Bellaire, J A. Jackson. and Fol
lansbee. T. Young.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-08
LA BELLE RUMOR
Is UNFOUNDED
PRESIDENT CRAWFORD DENIES
REPORT OF A MERGER.
Report Received From New York Yes
terday Of Contemplated Action
Causes Stir locally.

Emphatic denial was made by the
officers and directors OF the LaBelle
Iron works OF the report from New
York 20 the effect that the LaBells
company is contemplating the increas-
Ing OF its capital from s2O.000.OO 10
$50 100000 so IL could take over the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube com
pany and the McKeesport Tin Plate
COMPANY
President William Crawford OF the
LaBelle stated last evening TO the In
telligencer that a merger OF the com
panies named has never been consid-
cred by the directors and that. further
more. they have not contemplated an
other increase ~ capital stock lie
added that the only proposition CON
sidered recently was the offer made
by certain capitalists TO purchase the
holdings 81 the company. but that the
directors acted unfavorably on the
offer and the matter has been dropped.
as was stated in the Intelligencer at
that time
The report ~ the alleged merger
BY the LaBelle was received en- this
city yesterday Afternoon by the 4 r.
Masten company. brokers. over a pri-
vate wire from New York While the
report lacked official confirmation.
much Credence vas placed In IL AZ the
time
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-08
WELLSBURG

A meeting will be held in the Y.
NJ. CA rooms on TUESDAY evening,
February II. at 7:30 for the purpose
oi organizing a preliminary organiza.
ton IN the line OF Agriculture. a char
ter having been applied for and a
meeting OF the regular organization
viii be held IN the Wheeling Market
House Auditorium. on Friday. Febru-
ary l4. Wheeling has already pledg-
ed $1,000 for the furtherance OF the
organization and each preliminary or
Eanization is expected 10 contribute.
the aim being TO benefit the farmers
as well as others
The government will furnish 81 900
Tor the Enn Handle Agricultural club
this being the title thereof
Prof william Hill Dean. Of III. Az
ricuitural Hall. OF bethany college.
will be present At the meeting In the
J. ". c. A. ON Tuesday night. and
will explain some OF the workings ~
ne Agricultural Hall and 81 the farm
ana tho Intention e. 90 get the fsr-
mers and others TO visit the farm and
See what Is being accomplished
Blk missionary meeting will be
held ia the Presbyterian church on
-a'N--F "'''i A''As Fthl AhEN ~. 40 7 20
In the interest 81 the propaganda 81
china The meeting will Doe under
the auspices - the Wheeling Pr.sh,
terial Society and Delegates from all
points north 81 Wheeling. ,chesisr
being the limit viii be present Misc
charlotte Howe. miss Bnary 20 china
who was IN The Boxer Insurrcrfinu.
and Dr. Bible. also o. missionary ia
mat country will speak All are in
vit"d 20 attend regardless os demon
natal views.
Capt. Robert Dakes returned % 10
home On Thursday evening hatfr,-
""d HE coal boat up on account ~
ice ~ Kiines Rar. some miles below
Wheeling
The Mary FRANCES COOK nr ,r,0.
ORGANIZED recently t- tta young Girls
n ~" city. me- at rho home - Miss
] a Nera SDedekcr md fhn NEXT meet
ing viii DO ~ the home ~ Miss pran-
ces Johnson. 'his afternoon.
Marriage Licenses
John r CLARK Huirtr. ga. ana
Hazel j. Russell Midway. ~
John y Simpson Elizabeth vs
End Elizabeth r. Palm. tgizab.th
Pa
The WeiishurE Bowling club ev-
pc"'s to open up today fri t. new
quarters. Reid building TODAY
o. o. Siprs. a former citizen Z
This county. who f. engnged in CELERY
raising ncar Canton. ohio. d. "a WISH
Tor In the city.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-08
PLENTY OF SNOW
Reports Received From interior of
State Are That Mountains Have
Much Of the Beautiful"

Reports received in the city yeste--
day were TO the effect that the NOUN
tains in the interior OF the state are
well supplied with snow. While
Wheeling and vicinity was visited by
the snow fiurries and storms. It Is
said that r much greater amount was
deposited In the woods and hills hir.
Their back I'm the state. aud IL Is gen
orally felt that 81 rain follows that q
high river will be inevitable.
Weather reports received last night,
however. do not tend 10 cause any
fear. as clear and slightly more mod
crate weather only is predicted. The
cold spell will be welcomed by per
sons residing in the high water dis
tricts. and all will feel better satisfied
y rain does not follow.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-08
Mc1fschon Brisfl

psrnas,,,iia ~ La 'n.heo nome from
few days with friends and relatives.
Mrs. II. T. Goodwin and daughter.
Esther, OF Seventh street. are spending
Few days with Rev. c. f. Goodwin.
at Warrington.
Mrs. W. n. K-llsr. OF near Csmoridge.
o., IL spending few days with friends
and relatives In this city.
Nrr. 7. ]. Mountain. who underwent
an operation at the Glendale hospital
a Few days ago Is reported as getting
along very nicely.
Roy Stroller who has been at the
Glendale hospital the past few weeks
FOR treatment. has been brought home
and Is improving nicely.
The young daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Sturm-. of Fifth street. who
has been III with diphtheria, IS improV-
ing slowly.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-08
WINTER REUNION
Scottish Rite Bodies Will Hold Sew
eral Affairs Soon and Tentative
Program Is Announced.

February will be an active month
for the Scottish Rite bodies OF Wheel.
ing and vicinity. as the annual witer
reunion will be held in this city Feb
ruary II. IS. 10 and 20. The execu.
tive committee has completed and
distributed the programs. and the az.
fair promises to be an elaborate one,
as usual.
All degrees from fourth to the
thirty-second will be conferred. and {:
said that the number OF candidates Is
large. The reunion will be brought
10 an appropriate close with the an
nual banquet February 20.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-08
SCHOONER WRECKED;
TWENTY DROWNED
RLTEFIELns. Nicaranenia Eeh :

BLCEFIELDS, Nicaragua. Feb. :.
"Details OF the wreck OF the schooner
Granada, on the bar at the entrance
10 Colorado river. received today. say
that total OF twenty persons We're
drowned. or the fifteen passengers
who perished. several we're among the
most prominent citizens OF the Repub-
lie. The schooner capsized yesterday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-08
asvfvals ooueanuanx.

The annual revival services which
have been In progress at the First NJ.
e. church during the past week are meet
Ing with undated interest and large
crowds are attending each evening No
meeting will be held this evening, but
Tomorrow the revival will be resumed.
The pastor. Rev. r. ID. Fellers, who Is
indisposed. will probably be IN the pull
pit tomorrow and deliver q special SER
mon. All are cordially invited TO at
tend.