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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
Barr as Bank President

The directors of the First National bank of Birmingham have actci wisely in deciding tc' promote Vice President J. H. Barr to the presidency upon the retirement of w. P. G. Harding, who is to become member of the federal reserve board at Washington.
 Mir. Harding and Mir. Barr have worked side by side for many years, and ever since MT. Harding has been president of the First National Mr. Barr as vice president has been his able assistant. He is banker through and through. He enjoys the reputation in banking circles of being a man of singularly fine judgment.
 Maj. E. M. Tutwiler, now chairman of the executive committee of the First National, will become chairman of the board of directors. He is noted for his public spirit, his broad views on iInaHcldl questions ana ms kn0Wl- edge of the banking needs of Bir- mingham.
 The First National bank is recog- nized as public institution, and the general public naturally feels con- cern in regard to its official staff. It is believed that the authoritative announcement on the fifth page of this mornings Age-Herald will be cordially approved.
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when the constitution was established. and like the rites at his burial, this grim yet impressive ceremony reveals how immense is the gulf between the thoughts of the east and of the west The news of the Empress illness or death was sent by telephone It was at the railway station that the great officers of state went through the shasoly form of paying to the dead the homage proper to the living The ministers who were present belofg to one of the most enlightened and pro sressive governments in the world. The troops which escorted the corpse are among the first and most highly trained of modern soldiers.
 In every detail of the story, as the Tokio correspondent of the London Times tells it, the most wonderful of the material discoveries of the west came sharply into contact with these customs of civilization going back for 26 centuries. The convention that members of the imperial house must not die except within the. appointed area is doubtless connected with the cardinal doctrine of Japanese religion
 
 Emperor is the descendant of the gods who sits upon ''the throne of lineal succession unbroken for ages eternal" and that to his virtues and to the vir- tues of his ancestors the prosperity and the glory of the empire are due. That is th faith upon which the great ness of Japan and of her people is built. The Emperor rules by divine right in a sense very different, and far nore personal than ever was claimed by the proudest of Christian Kings. The right is still freely and fully ac- knowlcdged by the immense majority of his subjects The unanimity with which all classes have agreed in sup porting the strange fiction that the dead yet lived indicates how gen cral the acknowledgement still is, and how universal is the obedience of Ja- pan to received tradition. But the ques- ton inevitably presents itself how long these beliefs and feelings can resist unmodified the impact of thought. That they must be affected by the new con- captions of all things which this learn 1 ing is daily spreading in Japan among thousands of keen intellects seems cer tain. How they will be affected, what | form they may ultimately adopt, what action in their altered form they may | exercise on the mind of Asia, are amongst the greatest problems of the future. We make no attempt to ap proach them even from afar. We only | rote the startling ceremonial of last | week as reminder that one of the most civilized and most brilliant na- | tions of the world is passing through ] a pregnant phase in it's development
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HNcE more the wonderful contrast of the very new with the very old
 O which the far East presents is thrust strongly upon our minds. Some days ago the Dowager Empress of Japan died in the Numadzu palace. The day after the lifeless body made it's state entry into Tokio with the same ponp and
 circumstance accorded to living majesty.
 It is not befitting for a member of the
 imperial house to meet death outside the
 capital, and when death visits one of
 them beyond the walls, custom imme-
 morial prescribes that the corpse shall be
 treated as a living person until it has
 been brought within the precincts where
 tradition ordains that royalty may die.
 There is something magnificent in an
 etiquette which can ignore death itself
 something, too, quite inconceivable to our
 western modes of thought. The whole
 Japanese people do homage to the amaz-
 ing convention. In the palace where the
 farewell audiences. On it's arrival at
 Tokio. princes and nobles, ministers and
 officials attended to receive it. as though
 it lived. It passed the great Torri in the
 sacred harbor of Miyajima. and then was
 driven through the streets at a trot in the
 same carriage and with the same escort.
 The same troops lined the route and the same masses of people watched the pro- cession on it's way. Only their unbrolSen silence, as the state coach passed in the moonlight with it's drawn blinds, showed | aa QriT bllr thqt if bore Then came the most dreadful part of the strange ceremonial. At the door of the imperial palace the living Empress had to welcome as yet alive the poor re- mains of her dead relative. The function was not yet done. The corpse must be escorted to it's apartments and put into possession of them. Then, and not till then, was it permissible to proclaim what all the world knew. and to acknowledge that the Dowager Empress was no more. Within the palace it was etiquette for her to have died.
 Like the messages which the most advanced of Chinese republicans de- livered at the imperial tombs, like the attribution which Japanese heroes made of their successes in the war to the virtues of the reigning Emperor and of his sacred ancestors, like the
 declarations of the Emperor himself
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Decided Improvement

Business in Birmingham seems to be better this month than it was last, said B. B. Burton.
 With the first of May came very decided improvement, and today there is much actfvity in many lines of trade. From all accounts. Alaoama will produce immense crops this year. We had good crops in 1913. but they will be much larger this year. And if the farmers get any thing like the prices they got last fall. this state will make new high records in prosperity
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GLASS TO BALK suFFRAGETTEs

London Correspondence New York Times.
 "Suffragette- proof glass @ an inven- ton, originating in France, that is being applied to the British national collections This glass is rather expensive. but IS said to be proof against attacks
 The Victoria and Albert museum and the National Portrait gallery have al ready been supplied with the glass and negotiations are in progress to supply It to the National gallery and the British museum The trustees of Shakespeare s birthplace are taking precautions for the tourist season, and all the showcases in the museum are being protected with ''triplex glass; The bust of Shakespeare in the church at Stratford-on-Avon has for sometime been safeguarded in this way.
 The glass, though French invention, is now being manufactured at Willesden It
 is composed of two layers of ordinary plateglass, inclosing sheet of trans parent celluloid, the three sections being welded together so as to form, apparently. one sheet.
 Experiments proved that a heavy blow only "starred" the glass without splin- tering it. Even sharp weapon will not penetrate the amalgam when 1t Is half an inch in thickness. Shots from small bore Winchester repeater have been fired at piece of glass an inch thick without making a hole in it.
 Hitherto the chief use to which the glass has been put is for motor car wind screene. As method of protecting na- screens and motor goggles a purpose for which it possesses obvious advantages. Aeroplane builders are also employing it for wind screens. As a method of protect ing national treasures it promises to be of the highest value. Had the Velasque7 Venus been covered with it the suffragette l attack would not have resulted in the mutilation of the painting.
 To the ordinary eye the "trplex glass is perfectly transparent and does not dis tort the picture which it covers. Evi- dence of this is afforded by the fact that John Lavery, whose picture of Princess | Mary was in the Royal academy last year had the painting glazed with the new glass before sending it to Buckingham palace | Burglars have a simple process of re- moving glass when it stands in their way | 'Triplex glass cannot be cut by a dia- mond; it must be drilled in order to effect ! an opening.
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NEW BRIDGE ABOUT COMPLETED Irnor., tha Mountain Eagle.

From the Mounta1n Easre'
 I. H. Barton, foreman of one of Colonel Dobson's bridge crews, was in Jasper Monday. Mir Barton stated that work is nroaressing nicely on the steel bridge over Blackwater creek at Shields mill.
 The bridge is being built for the county by Colonel Dobson, and when completed 1t will be a very substantial structure.
 The old bridge at Shields mill had a 1Oo-foot steel span with wooden ap- proache at each end. The woodwork is being torn away and replaced by steel and when completed the bridge will DO made of solid steel. 264 feet in length.
 The principal streams of the county are now being spanned by handsome. sub- stantial steel bridges
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norm APPLES AND PEACHES

From the Mountain Eagle
 Mir. John l.. Grace of Beat 9 was a caller at this office Friday. He brought with him ocular proof that he has both . crop of apples and peaches this year.
 The peach twig. about<a foot in length contained over a dozen healthy peacnes' about as large as a birds egg; and tho apple twis. about the same sise. had le apples on It.
 Mir. Grace said he had fail. crop of both, but he said, "a man has to work and take care of things on farm if he succeeds with any crop. have not had . failure in peach crop in eight years he said:
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THE HOG A MOLLYCODDLE

From WallaceS Farmer.
 The hog is now a gentleman of leisure He lives on the cream of the farm. He opens his eyes in warm wigwam or steam-heated palace. He is warmed and tenderly introduced to the front of porcine blessing He basks in the sun light through glass windows, if his com ing is in February March, or April. A side dish of appetizing food is within his reach the very first day he can use it. He is fed on the finest grain on the farm. He shares with the calf the skim milk that may be available Thus from birth to death he lives as an organized appe- tite and becomes at maturity an ani- mated lard keg.
 His ancestors some generations back roamed the woods. His ancient ances- tress measured her pigs in the bushel basket. and with the recognized head of the family tested the mettle of the fleet est horse and the courage of the boar hound He was clear of vision. brave in spirit. sound in wind and limb His bones had the strength of the finest steel, and his nose was fearfully and wonderfully made.
 A life of luxury has shortened his nose, has refined his form, and has put lovely little kink in his tail--just too sweet for anything, He can no longer walk to market but he must be carried; and for tunate is he if his bones will stand the shock of rough roads or the severe bump- ing of two freight cars. Naturally, every pore of this mollycoddle is open to every breath, every pocine malady that Is wait ed on the breezes by day or that steals in like thief in the fogs of night. If cholera winlxs at him from the next town. ship, he is sure to collapse. This glut- tonous gorger is to blame. We have made him what he is--a mollycoddle, porcine mollycoddle, spoiled child of luxury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16

Every man big enough to serve on the federal reserve board is worth more than the s12.00O as salaries go these days. But the members of the board. like cabinet officers. are sun- posed to be imbued with patriotism and make sacrifices for the good of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16

The supreme court of North Carolina holds that person may curse on the street without violating a town ordi- nance if he is not heard by number of people and does not create disturb ance, a ruling apt to make the profane soliloquy extremely popular.
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sENAToR-ELEcT WHITE

From The Mobile Register.
 There was no contest and Capt. Frank S. White of Birmingham got all the votes that were cast for senator; 50 he is senator-elect, and will qualify at once to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Joseph r. Johnston. Mobile has a good friend in Captain White and is sincerely rejoiced that he has been suc- cessful in his aspiration for the high of- flee.
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\, ,Contesting British Supremacy

Award Longley Bishop has eX- pressed in the current issue of the At lantic Monthly the opinion that the growth of the intercommercial rela- tionship of the nations of the world has been really the most striking de- velopment of modern civilization.
 It has ever been an interesting study to note the growth of conner cial supremacy enjoyed by the respec- tive nations of the world as commerce proceeded in it's westward sway. The march starts with Phoenicia, who fur ished the earliest sailors, and hugging closely the nothern coast of the Med iterranean and the western shores of Europe finally reached Great Britain, where it rests today. Venice was the immediate successor to Phoenicia and her ships brought home cargoes of fabled wealth. Then followed success sively Portugal, Spain, Holland and England.
 It cannot be said that typographical Aor geographical features were con- 1ributory to this line of commercial rpremacy, for Germany today has no <<6 coast and yet the increase of her 2Smmerce is phenomenal. Her foreign '&rSde has increased over 250 per cent m the last forty years, and this is 7eally the cause of the anti German 6xitation now prevalent in England.
 While England is still the heart Aof
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Who knows that perhaps equal suf- frase may bring to the titular head of the family the right to carry night key," says the Cincinnati Enquirer. thus sustaining its reputation for looking on the brighter side of things.
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President Wilson is said to have ap- peared worn and gray of face when he received the nations dead from Mexico. which may have been due in some degree 10 suspicion that 'watchful waiting is failure
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HARDING HONOR TO ALABAMA rr-o,,, <h. U-ro v,l,,;r County Times

Alabama is honored in the appoint ment of MT. Harding of Birmingham to the reserve bank board and this ieads me to remark that Alabama has taken high rank in the nation through her favorite sons and this leads me to re- mark further that this is singular when Alabama ranks fourth in illiteracy. Whats the answer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16

A jury at Cleveland, composed of 12 different nationalities, awarded damages to a man named J. Oshinsl<y, who seems himself to be no relation to the Jones or Smith families
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16

Governor Hatfield of West Virginia is said to have chastised his brother-in- law so severely that he broke two of his ribs The governors name indicates that he comes of fighting stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16

Mrs. Harriet Tice. who claimed to be the original of little Nell" the heroine of Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop" died recently in London. She was born in 1927 in house which is said to have been the original of "The old Curiosity shop" Mrs. Tice claimed that her father. John Pepperel was the original of Little Nells' grandfather.
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For the last time the world is posi- tively informed that Colonel Roosevelt re- ceived no pay for that Brazilian lecture. But will it be the last time?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16

It seems highly appropriate that Yell vile, Ark, should be the center of the new radium excitement in the Ozarks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
MISS STANLEY VISITS WALKER From the Mountain Eagle.

Miss Louise Stanley of Washington, Bureau of Education, was here last week for the purpose of visiting the Walker County High schcooL She came all the way from the national capital to visit three schools in the state, and it is high compliment to the Walker County High school that it was selected as one of the three schools to be visited by Miss Stanley.
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After the A. B. C. mediators give up their task as hopeless Uncle Sam will do some fighting and finally restore order in unhappy Mexico
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16

The cool nights are conducive to sound sleep but the growing crops will soon be calling for a higher tempera- ture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
THE EAST AND THE WEST

From the Cincinnati Enquirer Oh, East is East, and West is West, and
 never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and sky stand Presently at
 Gods great judgment seat; But there is neither East nor West, Bor-
 der. nor Breed. nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face,
 tho they come from the ends of the
 earthi R. KIPLING.
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ocratfc administration, and Randolph has four brothers and a father who are ready and willing to make the same sacrifice if called upon. We think the Wilson policy is absolutely correct.
 When the incident fell under the at tention of President Wilson. he was so deeply impressed with the ring of pa triotism in Mr Summerlins telegram that he promply addressed the following touching letter to the brother of the dead hero:
 My dear Mr Summerlin--My attent- ton has just been called to your cor respondence with regard to the death of your brother at Vera Cruz. It has and has such genuine note of patriot ism in it. and the deep feeling which makes citizenship in this country so noble a thing.
 No one was more distressed than l at the loss of life at Vera Cruz, and l sympathize with you, your father and brothers most. deeply. Ii is the more gratifying to find the noble spirit in which you take the loss, because know what it must have cost you to lose a gallant brother like yours
 However Americans may disagree as to the policy of the administration toward the Mexican problem, the spirit manifested by the family of this Georgia boy who gave up his life in the performance of his duty as a sol dier, is the spirit which animates every loyal American The bloodshed at Vera Cruz was deplorable. It will be a source of intimate regret if from it there is not evolved an new order in Mexico under which we shall have full respect for the Stars and Stripes and complete protection for every American citizen who, from business or pleasure desires to reside or travel in Mexico.
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hope aIrs for the best.
 Henry VI.

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lift my life into prominence, Q Loru, anu grant me to live as if the eyes or all the world were on me. Help me to do my little task as If the story of 1t were to he put in books Tor postcrity to read. Nay, teach me that I nm in very truth making part of the history of the uges. |" Christ.s name. Amen.-H. M. F..
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We're in the Hons mouth" says Huer- ia, but the lion will not find it easy to eat us'' The wrong metaphor. We're in the talons of the American eagle' would be nearer the facts
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A DIFFERENT BROOM

fingers after every time he shakes hands with me-"
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 with me"
 DETERRENT BROOM She; There's one thing sure. the United States troops will clean up Vera Cruz He; "Yes. and it is equally sure that the rebels will clean up Tampico.,,
 WATCHFUL WAITING. Old Man: What are you fishing for sonny?'
 sonny: "snigs.' Old Man: What are snigs?" sonny: T don't know, I ain't never caught any yet"
 CLASS IN EUPHoNY. Teacher: Tommy, what is the chief crop of Ireland?. aa Tommy; Potatoes Teacher: And what of Mexicog@ Tommy: "Dictators." Husband: Well, I see that contempt case of Gompers ct al has been dismissed by the court" Wife: 1T know all about Gompers but tell me, who is this man ct al?p tt GEM
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TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
PARADOXES.

PARADoxEs.
 tTo C. F. M1 A truer thing was never spoke Than that guy when he is broke Can ne'er his room rent pay Though paying be his full intent And cen his very soul be rent, Twill not suffice We say.
 R.. A. l.. R. A. l.. can't pay his rent. And that Is why he rants; But we don't know if that rent Is in his soul or pants.
 BRILLIANT THOUGHT. Billy: T understand that the United States refuses to give up that Mexican lighthouse" Willby: "Yes. Uncle Sam seems rather fond of light housekeeping.
 TEMPUS MUTAMTER. When Pavlowa kissed Emperor Will Hams hand her rouged lips left their inn print upon his white glove.-Cable from Berlin. Though they that kneel at womans shrine Breathe on it in their love, A dancer may an Emperor Salute and spoil his glove.
 ON THE SAFE SIDE. sias: T tell you that fellow Gibbs is slick one" Hez: "Yes indeed; I always count my
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willby: "Yes. Uncle Sam seems rather fond of light housekeeping.
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Though they that kneeI at woman's shrine Breathe on it in their love, A dancer may an Emperor
 Salute and spoil his glove.
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A BRILLIANT THOUGHT.

Billy: T understand that the United States refuses to give up that Mexican Iiphthallae
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R. A l.. can't pay his rent.
 And that Is why he rants; But we don't know if that rent Is in his soul or pants
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, rostoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 5, 1879.
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w. B. Leedy r. E. &
Ins. Co.
119 N. 21st ST Phone ~.
POLICE INSTRUCTED TO
DISARM CHILDREN

Chattanooga, January 1.-(Special)
Following the binding of Arnold Nor
gan by the discharge of an air gun
in the hands of a playmate, the police
have been given instructions to disarm
all youngsters found with weapons OF
any kind. Complaints have reached the
police department from all sections of
the city that small boys are shooting
out window panes and effecting dam
age in general.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-02
LEGAL NOTICES
Legal Notice

Legal Notice
u. S. Land Office at
Montgomery. Ala,
December s, 1873
Notice is hereby given that Joseph
Green of East Lake, Ala, who. on Sep
tember II, 1870 made serial No. 0o52s, re-
ceipts Nos. 470932, 471O66. for the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter, section
10. township 16 SOUTH range ] east. Hunts
Vile meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make final five-year proof to establishs
claim to the land above described, before
Charles Allison, clerk of the United States
circuit court, at Birmingham, Ala, on
the 18th day of January, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses John
Brown of East Lake, Ala; Hays Hart of
East Lake, Ala; Jim c. Malone of Truss
vile, Ala; Harry Hawkins of East Lake,
Ala. 12-12-5t-fri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-02
Young Men Released

Russellville. January 1-tSpecialD
Raw Webb and n. Il. Roscoe, young
men of Russellville. who were arrest
ed Tuesday night by Chief of Police
cfbson on the first. charge of a like
nature known in the county, which
might come under the cruelty to ami
NAL penalty, was declared not guilty
by Judge r. ]. Moody at regular ses-
sion of city court yesterday.