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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
By CHARLES II. MANDY

of all churches of every creed and de-
nomination in America have been re-
quested to preach a special sermon on
this subject. Mrs. Murdoch states that
practically all the ministers of the Bir-
rningham district have promised to do
this and that the several church so
cieties have interested themselves in
tie matter.
The best way to abolish child labor
in the state of Alabama is for the men
and women of the state to become ia
miliar with its iniquities. 1t is a blot
o,l our boasted progress and civiliza-
tion. Child labor is responsible to a
large degree to the fact that Alabama
has such an unenviable position in illit-
eracy in the educational standing of
the United States. 1t is the duty of
every voter to see such men are elect
cd to the next legislature who Will
vote for a bill to protect all the chill
dren of the state from the damaging
effects of child labor
The Alabama child labor committee
urges everyone interested in this great
moral and material uplift to familiar
ize themselves with existing conditions
and to insist on better laws for the pro-
lection of the future men and women
OF the state and nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
WHAT TO EXPECT
OF YOUR LIBRARY
BY CARL MILAN
Director Birmingh ham Public Librar

Unfortunately there are some things
which the public has a right to ex-
pect of its librarians that the Bir
libraries are not able to pro-
vide. One of these things is room
for the use of civic and educational
clubs.
1t Is the custom nowadays in the
building of Libraries to provide a club
or committee room and. frequently also.
a small assembly room, both of which
are available free of charge to any
sort of organization that has for its
the public good These rooms
are particularly useful in the branches
and it is a misfortune that the library
board is not able to finish the base
ments in the three Carnegie buildings
of this city so that they can be used
for such purposes.
However. there are small rooms at
the Woodlawn branch and at the Ems
ley branch that are sometimes used for
small meetings. They are not we'll fur
nished, and they are not attractive, but
the public is welcome to use them as
they are. They are available at any
time when their use does not interfere
with tho convenience of the readers
There is no charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
SPECIAL OFFICER IS
FOUND NOT GUILTY
w. T. Yarnell Acquitted of
killing w. l.. Hurt of Ala
bama at Reunion

Chattanooga. Tenn, January %.
The jury in the case of w. T. Yarnell,
charged with the murder of w. l..
Hurt of Scottsboro. Ala, returned a
verdict of not guilty this afternoon.
Yarnell who was special officer last
May at the ball park. struck Hurt with
a club while placing him under arrest.
lie died later at local hospital, and
Yarnell was held responsible for his
death. which 1t was alleged resulted
from the blow.
The jury was out but six minutes.
Hurt. with several friends, was in this
city as visitor to the Confederate re-
union at the time that he met his
death. A dispute over tickets led to
his arrest. j. ]. Hurt, a brother, acted
as prosecutor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
UNIONTOWN VISITED
BY DISASTROUS FIRE
Nance Furniture Company Wiped Out
by Blaze Tuesday-Adjoining
Property Threatened

unlontown. January 22.-(SpeciaIo
A disastrous fire occurred at IL o'clock
Tue sday night when the entire stock
of goods owned by the Nance Furniture
company was destroyed. The building
was owned by A. II. Ware. The buS1A-
ing and the stock of goods were par
TALLY insured.
At one time 1t was thought that the
building owned by j. Marx of .Demop-
oils, which adjoined the furniture store
and until recently occupied by the Marx
Mercantile company. and the office
building of DR.. S, l.. Coleman would
burn. With the prompt service of the
fire company they were saved, but the
Marx building was badly damaged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23

Don't you know that these tablets
are carried by thousands all over the
land? In their bags as they travel, in
purses or pockets when they attend
banquets or after theatre parties and
meals early or late. large or small, are
asi1y digested without harmful effects.
One element of these tablets is so ef-
ficient that one grain of 1t will digest
As000 grains of food This is science
brought down for your use and it Is
natures own science. too.
/ No matter where you live. Stuarts
Dyspepsia Tablets will be found even
in the smallest drug store, although it
be only a cross roads druggist.
This popularity is based solely upon
the reputation, proof and testimonial
excellence of these tablets in every
part of our land.
Go to your druggist today and buy q
box. Price so cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23

the First National bank so another in
stitution which is practically in complete
ownership of single family-the Harri-
man-has been the first in this city and
probably in the country to make applica-
tion for membership in the federal re-
serve system.
The management Of this bank has for
years kept in close touch with financial
conditions in Great Britain and upon the
continent of Europe. It has been per-
suaded that if Americans only had the
facilities which have been in the exclu-
sive possession of the London bankers
they would gladly purchase commercial
credits in London cf American institu-
tions established in London.
There is. no record which reports the
aggregate amount of commercial credits
secured in London by American mer-
chants. manufacturers and importers.
Bankers here say that the aggregate must
be very large A great importing house
may establish a commercial credit in
London for possibly is much as million
dollars. Many secure credits for hun
dred thousand dollars or more. Against
these credits they draw their drafts with
which to make payments to their creditors
abroad. The aggregate commission upon
these transactions must amount to a very
large sum-. American bankers have had
strong hope that federal legislation would
tablish branches of American banks in
London and upon the continent of Europe
which would seek a fair share of this
business.
Make Arrangements Abroad
In that hope the managers of the Harri-
man bank have shared, and it is doubtless
the conviction that the hope is about to
be realized under the new banking and
currency law which has persuaded the
of their highly competent executive OF
ficers to London SO that preliminary ar
:angements can he speedily made for the
establishment of Il branch of the institu-
ton in London and branches also in other
financial centers across the sea- This
officer will return sometime in the spring
and il the reports are favorable the man
ayers of the institution will approach the
federal reserve board for permission to
establish branch Institutions.
Since the departure of President Van
derlip of the National City bank to Eu-
rope the impression has become almost
belief that this hurried trip across the
sea was for the purpose of learning what
the opportunities for branch banks are,
although there is no doubt that Mr.. James
Stillman, chairman of the City bank
board, who has for two or three years
lived in Paris and has spent mudh time
i'm London, has we'll settled convictions
about the value of this opportunity. II
that is the chief purpose of Mr.. Van
derlip's visit to Europe, then it can be
assumed that the National City bank
expects TO become member of the fed
eral reserve system.
Within the next two or three weeks the
probabilities are that the majority of the
national banks of New York city will
have made applications for membership
in the new system. By the first of Feb
ruary, the directors of these institutions
will have either by formal vote or in
formally expressed opinions what the
sentiment of the stockholders respecting
membership is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
DOTHAN CHAMBER is
MINUS SECRETARY

Dothan, January 22.--tSpecial. )-The
executive committee of the Dothan
Chamber of Commerce has so far been
unabel to satisfactorily fill the posi-
ton of secretary of the organization.
Although there are several applications
under consideration no election has been
made. The committee is very desirous
of securing as secretary man who is
familiar with freight rate questions
as we'll as a good publicity man.
The organization expects to make a
strong fight for more equa1ized freight
rates fer the city and a nexpert In
this line of work Is wanted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
The Wrong Chap

From the Washington Herald
Young man, you call regularly to see
my daughter"
Il do
81 want to know if your intentions are
serious?'
You must have the wrong man. Nj.
Wombat. / call to collect the payments
on her piano.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
Make Your Meals
Afraid of You
Don't He Afraid of Food. just Take a
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet and
YOu'll Digest 1t All o. X.

All you men and women who want
to eat and are filled with fear. stav
this kind of folly. Just carry a little
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablet In your pursa
or pocket and after your meal eat it
like you do candy.
The meal will be digested the weak
ened digestive juices will be enriched
and you will lose your fear of food
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
36.8O5 BALES GINNED
IN TALLADEGA COUNTY
Increase of Over 5000 Bales Over Pre-
vious Year-Spinning Rooms
in Operation

Sylacauga. January 22.-(Special)
The report of Special Agent A. II. Hack
ney of Lincoln shows that up to the
iirst of January, 1914. there had been
ginned in the county 36,SO5 bales Of
cotton as against 2s,4sS for the same
period last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
VALUE OF EDUCATION
STRESSED BY HELMS
Butler Agricultural Demonstration
Emphasizes Present Value of Edu-
eating Farm Children

Greenville, January 21.-(SpecialD
County Agricultural Demonstrators J. f..
Helms Is stressing at present the value
of educating the farm boys and girls
along agricultural lines. He greatly
emphasizes the value of boys corn
clubs. tomato clubs, pig clubs and
other clubs that are playing such i'm
portant parts along these lines
. Mrs l.. NJ p Oclxenden is In Green
vile as the guest of her brother, Capt.
p. Y. Porter. Mrs. Ockenden arrived in
Greenville from Denver. where she has
teen for some time in the interest
OF her health. Mrs. Ockenden is one
OF the states most widely known wom-
en- and she is greatly beloved by all
who have a spark of Confederate blood
in their veins. She Is the author of
the we'll known song Dixie"
The many friends over the state of
J. G. Reynolds Sr., of Greenvil1e will
regret to know that he is i'll at his
home on Herbert street. Mr.. Reynolds
is reported to be resting better to-
day.
Butler county during the year of 1918
ginned 1899 bales more cotton than was
ginned during the year 1912. Accora-
ing to the statement of j. H. Till of
the United States census department
Hutler county ginned 24.114 bales of
cotton up to January l, 1913. and 49,
913 bales during 1918 up to January /,
1914. Butler county is in better con-
dtion financially now than she has
ever been before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23

The spinning room of the new Eva
Jane mills have been put into oper-
alton during the last few days and
work was given a large number of
operators who have arrived from 9TH
er sections. 1t is stated that the weav-
ing machinery will be put in opera
tion in about 60 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23

congressman Richmond P. Hobson is
advertised to make an address to the
voters here on January 27. This will
make the third speech Hobson will have
made since the campaign begun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
CHICAGO CAPITAL
BEHIND NEW ROAD
Line Proposed TO Run From
Huntsville to Fayette-
vile, Tenn.

Huntsville. January 22.-(Speeial)- "A
delegation of business men from Fay
etteYille, Tenn, headed by j. E. Hurd.
chief engineer of the Tennessee and
Alabama railroad, came to Huntsville
last night and laid before the Chamber
of Commerce proposition for the
building of a new railroad between
Fayetteville. and Huntsville The pro-
posed line will be an independent steam
railroad of low grade. and will cost
about 100000,
Mr. IIurd stated that Chicago capI-
tai will build the road If 30 per cent
of the stock Is taken in the territory
through which it will pass. An inter-
urban passenger service is promised.
Fayetteville is seeking relief for It's
shippers, there being only one railroad
into that territory.
Chief OF Police A. ID. Kirby has an
nounced as candidate for sheriff OF
Madison county, and will make an ac-
tive race. He promises to do what he
can to abolish the fee system, and will
pay his deputies salaries and allow
them no fees Other candidates in tho
race up to this time are John f. Chill
dress, who is at present a deputy
sheriff, and Robert Phillips.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
CHILD LABOR DAY

Sunday January 2 is Set Apart Throughout the United States
Child Labor Day Practically All the Ministers
of the Churches of the Birmingham District Will
Speak This Suhiect-New Child Labor
Bill Prepared for Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-23
Piles Cured I'm q To II Daya

Piles Cured In 10 II Days
Druggists refund money If PAIO ONT
MENT fails to cure Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Piles. First
application gives relief soc.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-31
Saturday Morning. January } |, 1914.
THE COST OF WARMTH.

It is that the dress of extravaganza often concea the kernel of good that lies in many admirable but socalled "crusades" The American Humane Edu- cation Society is interested present in the subject of furs Obviously the wearing of furs should be mat ter Of comfort or protection rather than adornment Milady who wears them doubtless would hesitate to follow the process of fur.wearing the catching of the animal to the placing of its skin.
 But here is the way in which the American Humane Society presents the subject:
 "It is the city woman whose love for adornment ana whose delight in beautiful frs has created demand that back Of the horrors of trapping There is very little fur in among the rank and file of fin the cold north country
 Furs are worn for fashion than for warmth They are cut into trimmings for hats and trimmings around the edge of and skirts. They worn dangling tails and grinnng heads, dozen together These are not for comfort but for decoration Judged by the rules of art. they not decorative. The bulk of fur caught goes vanity fair Much o h is for personal adornment. and whether seen or not the blood stain of these wretched victims of the trap hands all who traffic in their skins wear them.
 This cruelty wond if women. for pity's sake, ceased to wear furs and turned of the beautiful substitutes that are so easily be had where de- mands them.
 Back of the rapmaker. the trapper trader furrier. wholesaler and retailer fur of great cities This is the who would be first summoned into court and made to his her suffering tor mented victim if wild animals had the power to compel the punishment Of their deadest foes We a cu- rous lot of creatures only the suffering that
  yet buy the agretes Of murdered mother birds and the furs of animals cunningy ured horrible death. "The lady of high degree may wade out in the mud the stop the beating of drayman's horse, even while is herself clad in the skins of tortured beasts If every woman could her furs procured, trapping would be abolished"
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-31
ALASKA.

It the other in Alaska. The last of our continental Territories onefth the size Of the United states It is almost times the size of New York Lane asserts that it be made produce in abund the cereals vegetables, and fruits which in Norway Sweden and Finland support population Of 100000 He says furthermore that there 50 000000 of land in Alaska that will make homes for A people sturdy those of New England" Yet to this day. after fortysx years of ownership by the United States there are fewer than 10000 white people the Territory
 When the Senate passed bill providing for govern construction and ownership of railroad in Alaska, it all time the lines which the development that region is proceed The Guggenhem. Morgan method discarded time ago. Expe. rienee elsewhere had condemned the whole system of grants concessions bounties and monopoes. There reluctance embark the in what had been regarded private enterprises but in the matter of railroad it Guggenheim government, and are glad to say government
 Alaska belongs to the people of the United States. Some day it will be State. Shall it be free State or a Guggenhem State? If free State its wealth must be opened settlers under equal laws If Guggenheim State its opportunities must be handed at the be- ginning to powerful coterie The decision of the Sen ate in favor national railroad whether actually oper ated by the government not. Is not so much ad venture in socialism, some people think, coura reous experiment in democracy.
 In some of various States theories being put the They will live die in accordance with
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-31

plorable condition. When | find that we have made an appropriation to establish a deaf mute school and | find seven children in school and eight salaries going ont of that ap- propriation. think that is a deplor. able condition.
 We need no commission appointed by Governor Hunt to investigate the University of Arizona This institu- ton does not belong to Tucson or to Pima county; it belong to the State Of Arizona. lt is not the business of the University to make any rep resentations or tc take any part in obtaining appropriations or increased appropriations; that is the duty of the Legislature. The presidents duty is to teach and manage the in stitution, and if the people of Ari- zona do not see fit to make appro- prlations and want to close the insti- tuition up, that Is their business and not his.
 The Board of Regens, when their attention Is called to these things. can clean this matter up without any investigation, and I have every faith that they will do so, but if anybody thinks that l am afraid of an inves' tigation, they are mistaken. | have made sufficient investigation to know what Is going on at the University.
 This is not hearsay This Is what | find on investigation. Go to the University yourself and ask how many teachers and professors are working three hours q day, and hoy many are' working less, and how many are working more, and what the salaries of each are, and then answer my question, "ls the uni- versity in deplorable conditiong 1 [ have nothing to take back and have no apologies to make, condi- tlons are deplorable.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-31
BODY AT SPRINGFIELD

SPRINGFIELD Ills. Jan. sO.-The body of Shelby M. Cullom was brought here today It lies in state in the home of Mrs. Charles Ridgley Only intimate friends and relatives were admitted tonight. The body will be taken in state to the capital al noon tomorrow.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-31
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 A man purchased some req flannel shirts. guaranteed not to shrink. He reminded the salesman forcibly of the guarantee some weeks later
 Have you had any difficulty with them?' the latter asked.
 "No,' replied the customer; "only the other morning. when was dress ing, my wife said 10 me, John, where did you get that pink coral neck lace?'"
 Lawyer-"Did your father on his death bed give you no parting admo- milton ?'
 Witness He never gave much away at any time.'
 Lawyer-"l mean, what were his last words?"
 Witness-"That doesn't concern you"
 LaWyer-"They not only concern me, sir. but they concern the whole court"
 Witness-"Father said to me and Jim: Don't have no disputin' when I'm gone, boys COS lawyers Is the biggest rogues unhungl'"
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-31

A marshal. not a hundred miles from Bisbee. proudly exhibits the fol- lowing testimonial: This is to cer- tify that you acted as my marshal and carved cold chicken and opened soda water with less disturbance to the furniture than any other marshal have ever had"
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-31

their results Why should not the republic itself profit ing by the of the past put upon trial In the last of its Territories of the ideas that have been sug gested by experience?
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-31

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-16
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-16

the regular troops had been with
dawn.
They made history in more than the
noble record Of their terrible hard
ships in the desert and Of the battles
they fought, for without them the
Confederacy would inevitably have
gained possession of all territory west
of Texas and Kansas, right through
to the Pacific, which, had 1t happened,
must surely have served to prolong
the war, to seriously embarrass the
administration at Washington, and
very possibly (who knows?) have
changed in some measure the terms
of it's ultimate conclusion.
In those days, the people. generally,
Of the states east of the Mississippi,
knew less of California, took less in
terest in it, concerned themselves less
about it. than the average man today
knows and concerns himself about
| the island of Mindanao in the Philip
pines.
True, for q decade 1t had been pour
ing food Of millions into Eastern
Golfers, but comparatively few be-
lieved the fountains of California S
wealth to be as relatively inexhaust-
ible as they have since proved. Few
not directly interested through family
ties with Adventures to the coast, or
through personal interest in it's mines
or trade, cared seriously whether that
the Union.
And. in the first desperate straits
into which the administration found
itself plunged by the active conflict
along the Mason and Dixon line, Cali
fornia was so nearly overlooked, if not
actually forgotten, that, but for the
patriotism and initiative within the
state, all our Pacific coast territory,
and probably the create part Of the
Rocky mountain region, must have
fallen under Confederate control.
Indeed, without early. organization
to meet the emergency, such taking
Of the coast would have been easy
first, because, more hard pressed than
the North for resources. the South
was more keenly alert for means to
take and hold possession Of Califor-
MAS treasure.
Second, because she had on her re-
mote west Texas frontier two stout
and able patisans in Colonel John R.
Baylor, and his brother, Colonel
George Baylor (both Of whom it was
the writer's privilege to know intim-
ately thirty years ago., two of the
finest types of the old southwestern
frontier school, battlers almost from
their birth with raiding redskins, mas
ters Of the rude but deadly strategy Of
savage warfare, two of the gentlest
men In peace and the most relentless
in war, who were alive to the oppor-
tunity and eager to serve their cause.
(To be continued)