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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
Weekly Cotton Gonds

New York. September 12.--Cotton goods markets are steadily weakening as consequence of the low prices at which cotton is being offered. In the matter of wide print cloths there ap- pears to have been an overdiscounting of low values and sales have been made this week at increases of one eighth of a cent yard for some con- structions that were sold very low in the early part of the week. Sheetings that are sold unbranded to the man. ufacturing trades have dropped appre- ciaby this week and are now in line with the values current for print cloth yarn goods Fine gray cottons are less active.
 The very tight money markets are having the effect of restricting oper- ations in many divisions and buyers who feel quite confident of some of to operate freely. Colored goods in firm but there is difficulty in getting dye stuffs. Purples were priced for spring on the same basis as the fall quotations. or 61c for 4x4 64s.
 Jobbcrs in the agriculture sections are doing good business while trade in the south is poor. Duck is offered at very low prices.
 Export trade Is just beginning to show a little improvement but finan- cal conditions in many foreign coun- tries preclude the Likelihood of the inn mediate buying in restrictive way.
 Prices on cotton goods are quoted as follows:
 Print cloths, 2s-inch xe4s. sAc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
JAPANESE IN THE MARKET FOR TWO
 MILLION BALES
Staple, It Is Understood, to Be Bought For Early De-
 livery This Season

Huntsville September i2.-(special.) )-Ac- eofding to railroad freight agent. the Japanese government is in the market for 2,0o0'0OO bales of American cotton. which Will be bought for early delivery this
 season It is stated that the Japanese
 have heretofore been buying their cotton
 goods from Germany and their entrance
 into the spot market will be a great aid
 to the crop.
 President John Howe Poyton and other
 officials of the Nashville, Chattanooga
 and St. Louis railroad, spent last night
 in Huntsville en route to Guntersville
 and points along he Tennessee river
 where the company is building new track
 to cut down the length of the river trans
 Ter. When the new track Is in operation. the river transfer will be only from six to seven miles instead of about 22 miles as at present
 The Huntsville branch of Armour & Co. of Chicago has received a circular letter giving instructions for the pur- ! chase of a bale of cotton at 10 cents per pound and advising all employees who are able to buy one individually. There are several hundred branch houses in the south which will receive s1ni.ar instruc- tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
SEMMES' BIRTHDAY
 WILL BE OBSERVED
Exercises Will Be Held Under Aus pices of Camp Wilcox-John C.
 Carmichael to Speak

At the meeting of Camp Wilcox Con- federate veterans, held yesterday at the courthouse, arrangements were completed for the celebration of Admiral Raphae el Semmes birthday by the camp and its guests on the afternoon of September 26 John c. Carmichael was selected as ora tor of the day. Camp Wilcox, through it's commander, Capt. John G. Smith has invited all Confederate camps in the coun- ty, all chapters of the Daughters of the Confectionery, all sons of veterans and all non-affiliated Confederate soldiers to join in the celebration.
 Captain Smith states that a fine pro- gramme has been arranged, including mu- sical numbers appropriate to the occa- sion and that a most enjoyable time is assured those who attend.
 The meeting was well attended and in addition to the regular business short talks were made and a number of com rades admitted to membership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
NOTHING HEARD FROM FEDERAL GRAND JURY
Rumor Says It Is Thoroughly Investi- gating Recent Advances in Price
 in FoOdstuffs

The federal grand jury is pursuing its investigations with the secrecy that is characteristic of that body and but little or no information is given to the public until it's final report and adjournment It is persistently rumored that the ad- vance in the price of foodstuffs since the beginning of the European war will be thoroughly investigated
 It will be recalled that the department Of justice has instructed all district at torneys to look into this matter and to ask for indictments whenever the facts will permit, and to push these to ar early trial and upon conviction to insist on a prison sentence as in the opinion of the department. mo fine or civil rem edy will be deemed adequate for those persons who have made the war a pre- text to increase the cost of living"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13

attention of the teachers, and instruc- ton will be given in all arts and crafts that will be taught in the schools Of the city and county These subjects have occupied a more or less uncertain position in the schools for some years. It is now desired to place them definitely in the course of study, there is increasing demand for practical instruction in these practical lines.
 In the third department the subject of the school as a community center will be discussed, and will include talks on mothers meetings. libraries, clubs, school gardens and kindred subjects.
 Departmental Meetings
 Instruction in reading, spelling. writing and language will be given by grades No two grades will be combined. and these classes will be open to the grammar school teachers of Birmingham and to other teachers who may want instruction in any one grade.
 The kindergarten teachers will be with Miss Agnes Wilson. Miss Loula Brad ford will direct the first three grades, with A. l.. Reese in charge of first grade. F. l.. Brown of second. R. V. Algood of third J. M. Burnett will be instructor for the fourth grade teachers A A. Lyon, Jr., fifth J. D. Williams sixth and T. C. Young seventh.
 A different department. known as the general section, Is provided for teachers having more than one grade and desiring instruction to help them i'll this work, where it is necessary to combine classes, to alternate subjects, or otherwise to economize time.
 In this section will be a department for teachers having all grades, as is the case in one-teacher schools. Another de- partment will include teachers of two- teacher schools, where one has all the primary grades and the other all the intermediate and advanced grades. A third department will be provided for three-teacher schools and another Tor those teaching in schools of four or more teachers Further these departments will be subdivided into classes for primary teachers and for advanced grades.
 All other teachers, those in none or the grammar school classes, will form the high school department The hlgn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE WILL BE OPENED TOMORROW Enrolment for the Week Is Expected to Reach
 Fully 1000 ALL TEACHERS MUST ATTEND THE SESSIONS English. Manual and Household Arts and Community Center Work Are
 the Subjects Chosen for
 Specialization
By FLORA MILNER HARRISON

Jefferson county's annual institute for teachers will open tomorrow and continue until the following Friday at noon. The meetings will be held at the Central High school, corner of Seventh avenue, north, at Twenty-fourth street. Attendance upon the institute is compulsory for all teachers of the city and county public schools and it is expected that the en- rolment will reach 1000 or more.
 C. B. Glenn, assistant superintendent of city schools, will conduct the institute. and will be assisted by a corps of instruc- tors R. E. Tidwell, superintendent of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company's schools, will be assistant con ductor, and the secretaries are Roy Dim mitt. principal of Ensley High school and R. G. Hewitt of the county board of education.
 With the exception of the Alabama Ed ucational association, this is the largest body of teachers assembled in the state at any time. Unlike the A E. A., it's pur- pose is to give actual schoolroom instrue- tion in preparation for the work of the ensuing year; and it is the desire of the conductor to make it the most helpful short course given.
 Specializing On Three Lines
 Three lines of school work have been se- lected for the county institutes this year. and these three will be the major topics discussed with the teachers during the coming week.
 First is English. and bears directly on schoolroom instruction proper It will in clude language, writing, reading and spell ing. No instruction will be given the teachers in grammar school history, geog- raphy, nor mathematics: but the English branches mentioned will receive more at tenton than has been given them here tofore. They are recognized as the more difficult to teach while those omitted from the institute this year are the ones in which the teachers do not need instruc- tion.
 Instruction in manual and household arts will be the second department For several years this has been q part, but not a prominent part. of the work of teachers institutes This year it has been emphasized in all parts of the state, and in the institute of the coming week it Will be brought prominently before the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
AFTER THE STORM THE CALM IN SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICS
Ky ROSA oLisBy JOHN

The struggle in the political world continued for the past two weeks. had its end in the second primary Septem- Der s, when Richard L Manning was dominated for governor by large ma jority.
 The political pot fumed and stewed and sputtered and spued, billed and hissed, but nary blister will 1t raise on q true mans honor.
 When a man has let the broad day light shine upon his deeds he is not afraid of any of the billing and blis- tering of neighbors.
 The people have elected their repre- sentative. and now it remains to be seen what will be done for them. Shakespeare's Phillip Falconbridge rep resented the sturdy heart of English manhood which rose to make fair laws for the people. The nobles of that period in their profligaey, waste and debauchery could be typical of some of the deeds in the past few years of South Carolina's politics.
 The suff@gettes could date womans influence upon politics from the days of Constance and Elinor in the days of King John and womans voice might do good in that field if calm and sobered by reason, anyway 1t seems there could not be more strife and bit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13

terness than in the present day mascu- line rule.
 1 The true are maligned and defeated
 while the dishonest and profligate ride upon the top wave.
 l Senator smith has the confidence of the people as the wild demonstration of joy evlnced the night of the cleo ton.
 'Tis said Governor Bleases mail bag was overflowing with curry combs, whips. saddle blankets and cards-"to go back to the livery stablel''
 Mir. Manning's administration should be one of calms and peace, as there SC ems to be no revengeful spirit to mete out. The legislature will meet with the determination to uplft the state to better and higher govern ment, that the power of strong, good men must penetrate the dark places and efface the rottenness of the past. We hope to see the grand old state stand in the glory of a Wade Hamp- tons" or '.Ansels' administration, have men perceive their duty to the people who toll with weary bodies for a mere pittance of livelihood. lead them to higher visions of life and restore con fidence. trusting their leader, and as he walks the streets of common life hear the worlds heart beat. become fla miliar with the slow. sad refrain of hu- manity his own understanding en- larged he will not be weighed in the balance and found wanting.
 Edgefield, s. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13

school teachers will be in one session daily until 2:45 D. m, when they will hold conferences by subjects. At that time the teachers of Latin will meet with Miss Hortense Thornton, science teachers with E. S. McGlathery. teachers of mod ern languages. with Miss Anna Boden, English teachers with C. c. Certain, his tory teachers with D. G. Chase, and teachers of mathematics with J. s. Coun- selman. Teachers doing some high school work in addition to elementary grades, as is the case in all the largest rural and small town schools, will meet with County Superintendent McNeil.
 This arrangement of topics and division and subdivision of classes of teachers is quite the most efficient that has been made as the institute has been endeavor- ing for several years to perfect plan whereby the most practical work to meet the varying needs of the teachers could be given in this brief time.
 The three dominant subjects, English studies, manual and domestic arts, and the schools community center. are the phases most in need of emphasis. and the grouping for lectures as MT. Glenn has arranged makes it possible for each teacher, whatever his work may be, to join class for instruction in his work.
 Instructors
 The corps of instructors assisting MT. Glenn will be:
 Drawing. Mrs. T.. A. Eldred and L. c. Anderson: shopwork II. B. Graves, music, Miss Leta Kits and F. l.. Blough; household economies. Miss Jennie Mae Rosser and Miss May Hansis; physical culture. T. J. Courleux; reading Miss Susan Todd and E. B. Erwin: language, Miss Rosa Strickland and N R. Baker; spelling, Miss Delphine Feminear and II. P. Burrus writing. M. D.. Anthony; school gardening, George G. Weathers- bee: community organization, R. k. Tid- well and E. E. Smith; social, John c. Blackwell.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-01-15

4 MODEL PRISONER
Rx GEORGE ELMER COBB.

The serious faced superintendent of
the grim penitentiary sat at his desk,
pen in hand, written list of numbers
before him. Each number indicated a
human being under the ban of the law
and in his official charge.
"Thirty-nine," he observed to the
deputy warden seated opposite to him.
Who shall be the fortieth?'
Gravely, almost anxiously it seemed,
the other passed over a strip of card.
board upon which he had hurriedly
penciled the numerals:
"4444."
The superintendent scanned the
brief chronicle with a slight frown,
shrugged his shoulders and regarded
his companion critically.
DO you think it wise to recommend
this man." he challenged
4 will vouch for him." staunchly
replied the deputy.
He is not even trusty."
DO you know why?" demanded the
deputy. Il will tell you. This con-
vict T. otherwise Robert Moody,
sentenced for five years for embezzle-
ment, has been so valuable as libra
rian for the prison that he coald be
spared in no other capacity. tle has
been a model good time prisoner. II
any man deserved a place in the honor
squad it is IT,
III take it on your say So" OBJ
served the superintendent sympathy
doesn't pay in our line, but | think
you know your man."
Il do, indeed, know him." replied
the deputy with warmth and feeling.
He is patient hero, martyr, and
, the modest, pretty girl, his fiancee,
| who has visited him regularly each
month since he came here Is jewel
| of loyalty and love-
Sentiment in the case, too, eh?''
questioned the superintendent. 81
don't know how far a prisoner can be
trusted with his freedom with love in
the question
Let me tell you briefly about this
Robert Moody" urged the deputy, u
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-01-15
"Yes II Is l."

have become immensely interested in
! him"
All right" nodded the supcrntend-
ent, resignedly.
His story as know il is this: His
| employer, a man named Hodges, a
stock broker, sold widow woman, a
Mrs. Percival, some worthless mining
stock, taking her last five hundred dol
lars. She became seriously i'll later
and was told that an expensive surgi
cal operation only could save her life.
Moody, indignant at the fraud his EN-
ployer had perpetrated, bought back
the securities, paying out the money
Of Hodges to do it. Then he handed
his resignation to the knave. The life
| of Mrs Percival was saved and Moody
became acquainted with her daughter,
Nina. Hodges manipulated the old ac-
counts of his business and had Moody
arrested for embezzlement He man
aged to convict him. Then Hodges
took fancy to the girl. Since Moody
has been in prison he has prosecuted
Nina Percival with his unwelcome at
tentions, but to no avail. She says she
will remain true to the lover who gave
up his good name and liberty for her
mothers sake, If she has to wait d
lifetime for his release
Send in 4 1 4 A." was the only com
ment the superintendent made, and
within few minutes Z young man en-
tered the room. Ills convict dress
could not de the nobility OF his lace
and mannt
a 4 4 q. said the superintendent,
in his hare, DECISIVE way, Il have
chosen you as one Of the forty honor
convicts."
Il thank you, spoke Moody, quietly
enough, but drawing in his breath as
though the first CLEAN of freedom had
come.
"The state has decided TO send out
an experimental squad 10 make a park
at town fifty mics away. It's mem
bers will not wear the prison uniform,
nor will an armed guard be put over
them. They will be placed on their
honor, have camp of their cwn and
if, at the end of nin ty days. they re-
turn to the prison with no attempt to
escape, the eXperiE ent will be con
sidered d success and the system
adopted for other prisoners. Think
what it means for thousands of con-
Yicts pining for air and sunshine and
a free life, if you forty men are true
to your promise"
. shall not attempt to escape"
pledged ferventlv
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-01-15

,u CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR POLK
TpiV.,Tv Tpi.rN FLORlDA.-Marie Palmer and Gus
COoN,h, vs.. Manila Investment Co. and
! ruiz mill Bill to Quiet Title.
hnaaring from sworn bill and affidavit
Il app' hereto filed In the ABOVE entitled
pendeIu, ~ the Manila Investment Co., a for
uSe l," l,r,tion. and J. ii. Hill, are non-resl-
co.p,ndants and their exact addresses are
uV.' n the complainant; that the said
nOwnu Is above the age OF twenty lone years.
~. NJ thrre are no persons IN the State of
ll'"' lnovn to complalnants, service upon
Crlda, da.,.,',ld be birding upon the sald defend
pom Viii WI # further appearing tnat there are
Is; anu unknown to the complainants, be-
sons them to have or claim an interest In
red py described In the said bill. to-wt:
lalu ,ract of land in Polk county, Florida,
ThaI a. IA" as follows: Commencing at the
FcrlNut corner Of the northwest quarter IN.
rlneaMS' If the southeast quarter Is. E. LAY
la iior nineteen (l9) OF township twenty
%VtSSl 1SSl south Of range twenty-rour (24)
Fn' .nd 'd rnnng west five (5) chains, thence
!, aDV ~ e6 chains to Lake Hollingsworth,
WI cast along margin OF said lake to W. A.
fnrs r ',' r Poteet's line formerly owned by W.
uot r thence north to starting point; other.
HUI hO,'.orihed as ten acres on east side Of
se .nn W. l9l Of said section.
%O therefore ordered that said non-resi-
- lss0,sndants, Manila Investment Company
d VII II Hill be and appear to the bill Of
a1,in, ~, filed in said cause, on the first
npla"ii psr IN February. A. D. 1914, same being
9suds :. dsy Of this court.
y aa' "a further ordered that all persons un-
II s 70 % %complainants and not named as de.
,n.s foNa y 10 this cause, who may have or claim
naan., 'n,srpst in the land above described, be
a.r ll.eaer' TO the bill Of complaint filed in
y app. ai"se on the first Monday OF March, 1914.
a 'hsu1 hsnr rule day Of this court.
ne :. ,nrther ordered that this order be pub
u IA y !, ~ the Lakeland Evening Telegram, a
fhea ~ nublished in Polk county, Florida
fWspap,r ~ consecutive weeks.
Il,0a.s !me..s the Honorable }. A. Johnson, clerk
WIN ta rircuit Court and the sea- OF said court
l1e ner,ow Florida, this 10Th day Of Novem
n a. = ' ]. A. JOHNSON,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court.
kATE OF FLORIDA
tTyTY OF POLK
berabv certify that the foregoing is true
,arrpt copy of the order of publication is.
~ IN IA cause and on file In my orice.
Tt,nr>s my hand and seal OF said court
y ,ath lay Of November, A. d. 1913.
is ~" j. A. JOHNSON,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court.
!,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01
Faxed Wine.

WILLIAM E. COREY praised. at a
" Pittsburgh club, the wines Of Cali
fornia.
Our California wines" said the steel
magnate. ARE much better than wines
of a similar price in France, for French
wines are so adulterated today that
even high-priced one often tastes like
burnt sugar and water
But the fine wines, the grandeur
wines. are wonderful a young banker
interrupted.
MIR. Corey shook his head.
Not always he said. "A friend of
mine, a gourmet. with whom / lunched
not long ago at a. fashionable boule-
ward restaurant in Paris, ordered a
bottle of very old and celebrated wine.
Pouring out a little of the wine and
rolling it on his tongue in true gourmet
fashion, he made wry face.
Waiter he demanded What wine
is this you brought me?
1T is what monsieur ordered was
the reply.
'Humph, sneered my friend. how
lucky it is to be so old and to conceal
its age SO well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01

arrest the inundation and keep the
craft afioat until she could be lowed
back to port and drydocked. The wound
was one that would have sent the YES
sci to the bottom had she been similarly
stricken in time of war. This was Eng
lands latest effort toward meeting the
wireless achievements of neighboring
continental maritime powers.
Some years ago John Gardner built a
small submarine which he was able to
guide by means of submarine sound sig
nails He built that boat after he had
made extensive laboratory experiments.
These were the achievements which won
for him the name. of the Wizard OF
Knott End
In his workshop he had assembled
mechanisms that represented the start
ing and stopping, the steering and the
firing apparatus for a torpedo. They
seemed to know their masters voice, be-
cause they would do what he babe either
when he whistled or called his orders in
a certain key. In other words. the mech
anisms responded to a fixed tone or mu-
steal pitch and would not act if the cali
was in any other key.
= ::
Since then John Gardner has gone
steadily on improving his system. and
he was prompted to do this because he
believed Hertzian-wave wireless had a
number of weaknesses. First. there was
the fear of interference on the part of
an enemy sending out purposely confus-
ing ether vibrations; and, second, he
realized that the transmitting capacity
of the air varied day and night and was
particularly unreliable when thunder
storms were brewing or active. He want
ed to get a stable medium through which
to send his directive signals, and expert
tf,tI i'm hat V.itp
his purpose best. 1t was logical that he
should choose sound waves instead OF
electrical waves for his controlling mn
pulses. because sound will travel four
times as well and four times far
through the water as it will through the
atmosphere.
Gardner showed that he could ar
range the sensitive receiver on his sub
marine so that it would respond either
to one chosen note or to chord of
them and unless all of these were
sounded simultaneously the submarine
would be Indifferent to the tonal
waves. of course. il was not long be
fore the military critics picked this
system to pieces. They declared that
these sounds could be detected by a
suitably arranged submarine signal re
ceiver. and they asked: What would
prevent an enemy from producing the
same tone or tones under water and
thus neutraliZing or completely upset
ting the sounds intended to operate
the little boat or a torpedo similarly
equipped?
An ordinary man would perhaps have
been nonplusSed by such a situation.
because to the average mind the whole
scheme depended upon the employment
of audible signals. for how otherwise
could the desired pitch be chosen? You
don't know John Gardner. so you can't
realize what ii means when his lips
set firmly and his square chin takes on
an added touch of angularity. Just the
same, picture to yourself this outward
show of determination on the part of a
resourceful man.
In all of its essentials the Gardner
receiver is mechanical substitute for
the human ear. 1t is far simpler than