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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
Signs of Improvement

Senator Frank s. Moody of Tusca- loosa, president of the First National bank of that city, and one of the best known men of Alabama, passed through Birmingham yesterday en route home after having spent a day in Montgomery.
 There is no question:" he said, but that conditions are improving I do not mean that right now we are again in the midst of prosperity. But I do mean that the outlook is not as dark as 1t was sometime ago. The fact that the Congress and the Secretary of the Treasury have demonstrated their will lingness to aid the fafmer coupled with the fact that the people are buying cotton at 10 cents the pound throughout the union, has stiffened the back of the producer, and he is making gallant efforts to withhold his staple from the market.
 Conditions are improving slowly. There is every reason to believe that with an early cessation of hostilities in Europe, prosperity will return, and we, as indiv aduals and as nation, will be all the better for having undergone the strain.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
A Great Fair

Birmingham's State Fair, which opened last Monday and which will continue until the end of next week, is exceptionally attractive. It is in fact the best fair ever seen in the south. It has more than come up to all promises. The management planned for the largest exhibits and the larg est amusement features in the history of southern fairs. The free acts have been a revelation to all fair-goers. Nothing equal to these diversions had even been dreamed of. As for the agricultural exhibits, it is safe to say that no state of the middle west cele- brated for agricultural fairs has ever presented to the public better ex- hibition than is seen at Birmingham's Fair.
 In other years there have been live stock exhibits, but at this years Fair such exhibits are far ahead of any thing attempted in this way hereto fore. The beef cattle will compare favorably with any cattle seen in the so-called beef states. Diversified farming has received much attention in Alabama within the past two or three years, but nothing so impresses upon the husbandman the potentiali- ties of the state as does glimpse at the live stock exhibits at the Fair.
 The women's department was a great feature of last years Fair, but it is now simply marvel
 The attendance at the Fair this week has been as large as that shown by past records during the first three days. The weather has been bit drizzly, but rain or no rain, no one in- terested in agricultural persuits can afford to miss the Fair. Sunshine will probably prevail today, and if it does people of Birmingham as well as our country visitors should swell the crowds at the Fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 There are 306f languages in the world and friend wife can use every one of them when she finds a dainty, perfumed, lece-bordered handkerchief in your pocket.
 Once in while you will run up against a fellow who uses speech to conceal what he thinks.
 The war in Europe seems to have upset a lot of men in this country. But moth- CTS idea of world disturbance is to have the wa sh day postponed until Tues day.
 After all it isn't your income that keeps you awake at night. It is your Cutgo.
 The original Sept A. Ms are all mar ried now and have children of their own, They were the girl babies who had their pictures taken while they were sitting in an old-fashioned wash bowl.
 Along about this time of the year the June bride wonders what she was drink ing when she promised to obey a mutt that she could lick with one hand.
 A woman writer who evidently has lot of it announces that the greatest need of her sex is common sense. Right here is where we fesss up and admit that it is also the greatest need of the male sex.
 The human race is just like horse race. There are always a lot of good starters, but only one good finisher.
 About the only sure thing we know oi right now is that people are not going tc take your advice unless you charge them for 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Legislators and Good Roads

The annual convention of the Ala bama Good Roads association to be called to order in Montgomery october Fl will be successful ill that in addi-- tion to all the members of the asso- citation there will be present major ity of the new members of the 1egis- lature, Oscar W Underwood, John H. Bankhead and other distinguished men"
 This was a remark of Capt. John Craft of Mobile, president of the asso- citation, the executive committee of which held a session at the Tutwiler hotel yesterday. Captain Craft re- turned in the afternoon to Mobile.
 "The legislative committee of the as- sociation7 added Captain Craft, has prepared an amendment to be sub mitted by the legislature to the people eliminating that section of the consti- tuition which prevents Alabama from engaging in internal improvement With this section eliminated the con victs can be taken out of the mines and put to work on the roads of the state In the cause of good roads, there is great enthusiasm in Alabama at the present time, and the future is rebelled against the continuation of that greatest of all taxes, the mud tax"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
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Suggestion for Next Sunday

All the God-fearing people of tnis country are expected to assemble Tn places of worship next Sunday and pray for peace. It is the day set apart by President Woodrow Wilson in his earnest and eloquent proclamation is- sued three weeks ago.
 Response to the Presidents appeal will doubtless be more general than IS usually the case when official calls for prayer are issued in the form of proclamation. It should be more gen eral for there is not a humane man or woman in this country who does not deplore the European carnage.
 It has been suggested that a col lection be taken up in every church of this country next Sunday for the benefit of the Red Cross society, which is doing such splendid work in the war zone. The Red Cross is sup ported chiefly by voluntary collec- tions, and the charitably inclined could do nothing better next Sunday in the way of money offering than contribute to the Red Cross cause.
 Next Sundays religious services will have unquestionably an important effect on the European situation. While few church adherents will ex- pect the war to cease at once as a re- suit of united prayers, the larger the number of eople taking part in the services which President Wilson had in mind when he issued his appeal, the sooner the bloody conflict will come to a close.
 Whether the war be long continued or not, a great deal of suffering ex- ists already and much more will be in evidence. The Red Cross should be and will be generously supported. A collection next Sunday would certainly be appreciated. The total that could be raised in this country would be am pie to finance the Red Cross society for many weeks to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
IDLE OPINIONS.

Most of the people who reach fame by short cut do it accidentally.
 Since aviation has made such strides the world is fuller than ever of persons With lofty pretensions.
 It's waste of time to arrect inc atti- tude of statesman unless you can man. age to acquire few constituents.
 After reading some of the recent war poetry, we are more firmly convinced than ever that Cupid inspires better poe try than Mars.
 The journey through life would involve much less wear and tear if there were not so many people trying to get things they don't really need.
 The woman who is always saying some- thing to shock someone should not be surprised if people refuse to give hec the benefit of the doubt when they hear an ugly story about her
 The pitcher that goes too often to the well meets the same fate that befalls the pitcher who goes too often to ths bar PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
German Character

Until quite recently the attitude of most newspaper writers in this coun- try, as well as the general public opin- ion, seems to have been that the Ger man people were unwillingly driven to war by their war lord and his auto cratic following. Much pity has been wasted on the thousands of peaceful and industrious" German citizens whom the iron hand of militarism drove to the front, where they have been compelled to fight and die against their will. This belief was no doubt due to misapprehension of German character. We have not fully understood the inner workings of their minds, nor the impulses which have prompted them to show such amazing heroism in the present struggle almost unaided against large part of Flu rope.
 Some interesting observations on the Germans as a nation and as a people have recently been made by A. J. Dave of Oxford university. Her. man Riders views of the Kaiser and his subjects have been received with skepticism because it was thought that Ridder was biased. A scholarly Eng. lishman who says the Germans arc heart and soul in the struggle, from the highest to the lowest, bears out the contention of those who declare that it is not militarism but the natior itself that is believed to be at stake by the German people.
 "The Germans are fighting like g band of brothers" he says. "In time of war the relations between class ant class, between officer and man in ths ranks are close and cordial-they art comrades, a word continually on theil lips as they fight. And they are won derfully intelligent. The ideal in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
Mandy and the star

From the Andalusia Star.
 Perhaps the largest advertisement ever given a country newspaper was handed out last Sunday by The Birmingham Age Herald to the Andalusia Star.
 Large. because it occupied a full page in a Sunday newspaper that is read and appreciated throughout Dixie, and far beyond her borders.
 Artist Blackman planned and executed this comic page. Mir. Blackman's work needs no commendaton from the Star. His pen sketches and cartoons became popular long ago. His position is secure among the great artists of the great dailies.
 Down in southern Alabama they pick up The Age-Herald with this remark Lets see what Blacllman says" And he always interests and amuses his read CTS.
 Blackmans talent is not alone in car tooning His writings attract the same wide attention. Socially, Artist Blacknan is a prince. He enjoys all of the good things to eat, but stops there. Other fellows must do the drinking. Artist Blackman is now illustrating
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01

prominent professional man who con fesses himself to be a close reader of The Age-Herald writes as follows: Your cartoobist has expressed some- thing of the perplexity of the general pub lie over the pronunciation of the name of that fort which is spelled P-r-z-e-m-y-s-l. And in your effort to relieve this per plexlty you give us, editorially, the pro- nunciatlon as set forth by Websters In- ternational dictionary But turning to Funk and Wagnalls Standard diction- ary Qast edition) we find the name pro rcuneed in two syllables, "Pshe-mishl. f The first syllable carries the accent and the "e' is as "en in met, the 'i'' in the second syllable is like 'i' in habit, and the ''sh'' in both as "sh' in ship. Web ster's last syllable "" is omitted Find ing this conflict, the Encyclopedia Amer ican (second edition) was consulted; there the pronunciation is given as ''Pshem-isl." The first syllable carries the accent, and the ''e' is pronounced like "e" in bed, and the 'i' in the sec ond syllable like "i' in him" or "it. Even the pronouncers do not agree. and the laymen is entitled to make any old stab at it that will suggest a sizzling bomb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
THE PANAMA CANAL

From poem by Judge Waiter Malone. Here all the argosies of the world May pass in peace. A worthy sequel here The voyage of Columbus finds; and here We see climax to the glorious deeds That vasco and Magellan gave mankind. And here is found work that typifies Tho race or Morse and Fulton-that same
 race That made the vapor's fragile wreath
 become A chained leviathan> to draw great ships
 pelled The lightnings flash to bear it's torch.
 uplft Its burden like a willing slave, and speak Its message unto Iceland or to Ind. That seeking for the Useful, we have oft Passed needless by the Beautiful Our
 sires, Feeling the gloomy forests, and at war With wild beast or with savage, might
 not pause To heed the thrush s lyric; nor have we. Building the city, tunnelng through the
 mount, Or intervening barren desert sands With fruitful man-made rivers. ceased
 from work To learn the violet's mission. Yet the toll Of plain Utility shall build the bridge, And pave the highway to the rane of Art, Where all the noblest lessons of this life Our children shall be taught. And may
 our God Soon send that purple age. For now we
 stand
 No longer pioneers; raimept and food No longer are our only need.
 And yet, o God, We pray Thee, lift and lead us onward Hopeful though erring. Ever hallowed keep Within our hearts the memories of those Who made our country great-men of ths mold Of Washington, of Lincoln, and of Lee, < +"% And speed that day, That day desired through long millen- niums, When man is truly worthy of his sire And as we now in wedloc< shall unite These mighty oceans. grant that all the tribes.
 And kingdoms of the world shall soon bo one,
 Blest with one common nope. one end and aim, One stainless flag, one Fatherland. ono
 God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
IN ALABAMA SANCTUMS

Mandy" the old-time southern darkey. Like everything else Blacllnan touches his pen to it instantly becomes interest," ing.
 Last Sundays first page of the comic section of The Birmingham Age-H Herald was devoted to Mandy" Two negro men were discussing the European war and which nation had the best fighters One of the negroes was a merchant and he had copy of the Andalusia Star, wherein he had read that Germans are the greatest fighters. The other negro said that Russians were the best fighters Mandy enters and endeavors to pur- chase some eggs. The negro merchan gets copy of the Star and endeavors to convince Mandy that he is right. Mandy throws the negro merchant into crate of eggs and walks away A copy of the Star falls to the floor and the merchant gives up the argument say ing: There's a cel tain African that's got the world beat as a fighter"
 This page from The Sunday Ase-Herald was posted in the front window of the Star office ard it has attracted much attention from the passing .hrong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
Reign of the Tiger
e Montgomery Times.

From the Montgomery Times
 Lawful prohibition is rapidly extending over the entire country. Nine states al ready have Statewide prohibition-Maine' West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia. Tennessee, Oklahoma, Mississippi North Dakota and Kansas. Virginias recent action makes the total 10 Four states have no dry territory within their borders, namely. Pennsylvania, Arizona, Mon- tana and Nevada. All the rest of the country is spotted, being either wet or arid, according to local avs. Alabama has 50 dry counties out of 67, as to legal prohibition but they all have the blind l tiger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
Nell Was Surprised

R. E. L. Neil, former editor of newspaper printed in Selma, passed through Birmingham yesterday en route to Montgomery after three weeks vacation trip spent in the north and east. MT. Neil was assistant man ager of the senatorial campaign in the interest of oscar w. Underwood, and occupied a similar position on the staff of Charles Henderson in the run-over campaign. MT Neil, therefore, has the distinction of having hit two home runs within the scope of few months
 q was in Boston," he said, when found an Age-Herald containing the state campaign committee recently named by Bibb Graves, chairman of the state democratic executive com mittee. I read the list of names, and then read the list again. I read the second time for the purpose of find ing among the names one belonging to an individual who in the primaries supported the candidacy of MT Hen derson, whose campaign the committee is now managing.
 q was successful, for there was the name of John Gamble. However the fact that practically every member of the committee opposed Mr Henderson, is nothing unless proof positive of the solidarity of the democratic party. The committee is now enthusiastic in it's efforts to secure the election of MT. Henderson. We democrats have com mon purpose in view, although in the beginning we might differ as to the means of carrying out that purpose And the Conner men now have another opportunity to figure in Alabama poli- ties. This time there is little doubt but that they will be successful"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
Cunningham's Patriotism
the Selma Times

From the Selma Times.
 Dr. R. M. Cunningham, county health officer of Jefferson county, in his latest weekly bulletin on health, says "recipro- cal or. inspiratory mouth kissing should be done only through cotton batting. The doctor, it seems, has caught the pre- vailing zeal to do something for cotton, but his recommendation is not expected to tilt the market more than a cent a pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01

minds of this unanimous, efficient and wonderful people is Deutschland uber alles.' In achieving this ideal they stick at nothing."
 The Oxford mans views are prob ably correct. Men don't fight as the Germans are fighting when their hearts are not in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A CHANGE or HEART

A CHANGE or HEART. When autumn's breezes briskly blow It fills our hearts. with joy to know That summers torrid days are gone And Christmas time is coming on. But when the wind doth shrewdly nip And coughs and colds and eke the grip upset our cheerful attitude Ano bring about a gloomy mood, Iis then we sigh for gentle June And, taking syrup from a spoon. pay, on, once more to roam care-free Beside the sun-illumined sea- .or else within some shady dell wake ioie vows to Grayce, or Nell Or Gwendolyn,'' 'Tis then we long For summer days and summer song Ana blooms about, and lifting birds. And tranquil scenes and tender words In vain! The blast more fieroelv blows We cough and sneeze and tend our nose. And for more heat each morning call, And on the icy pavements fall. And voice so many loud complaints. 'Twould try the patience of the saints.
 A SIMPLE MATTER.
 VI A@iNO tc cc eb AVh ci5h @iOpfttiid4 dIu have scores of obsequious servants hasten to do my bidding
 Tt isn't necessary to be nobleman for that. You can get the same treatment in this country by tipping freely"
 CHRONIC SNIFFERS.
 "Women are peculiar
 "Yes?"
 When they are not sniffing at each others social pretensions they are sniff fling at each others clothes"
 PLACING THE BLAME. "who was Ceres?"
 'She was the goddess Of grain, fruits and agriculture'
 "umph. dare say she was responsible for the first breakfast food
 No. I think Battle Creek, Mich, was responsible for that''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
RUM BARREL PROVES BOMB
From Jacksonwald (pa.) Dispatch tc

From Jacksonwald. (Pa.) Dispatch to
 Philadelphia Record
 Warren Rhoads. farmer of this place, says hereafter he will carefully ex- amino would-be empty whisky barrels before he tries to alter the bungholes. He hastily came to this conclusion aft CT one exploded when he attempted to enlarge the bunghole with a red hot poker. As result of the explo- sion most of his hair was burned off end many cuts and bruises were in- flicted by the barrel slaves as they flew skyward. Investigation proved that the barrel had been recently emp tied, was still wet, and the red-hot iron formed so much gas in the inside that t burst open with a crash.
 It took several yards of court plas- ter to remodel Rhoad's arms and place his face in good shape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
NO SCANDAL.

NO SCANDAL. T understand Whiffingwen was ear- . ried to the hospital this morning." "Ycs. He was hurt in a domestic en- tanglement." I'm astonished. Tell me the particu- lars.'' He ran afoui of the family clothes ! line in his backyard last night while try ing to kill cat.''
 A QUEER PERSON.
 A fresh air fiend i,
 Is one who thinks
 Some ozone beats
 Eleven drinks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
NO rOOTLIGHT FAvORITE

From the Youngstown Telegram.
 Inkblotz-"Rosie Rustic told me she fol- lowed the stage for a living.
 Smudgely--"Well, doesn't she?"s
 After 9 fashion"
 "What do you mean?'
 s.She cooks frankfurters for a refresh- ment stand with traveling carnival company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
Those Feed Bills
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 The bills for feeding prisoners in this state grow by the double process of in- crease of the amount allowed per head and increase in the number of prisoners to be fed. Says MT. German, The large increase nearly 50 per cent in the cost of feeding prisoners) commenced with the enactment of the law of 1907 increasing the pay for feeding prisoners" That makes it easy for the total to mount up, and as result the appropriation is exhausted very quickly-iast years in three months,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
suTragettcs After Oscar

From the Alabama Courier.
 The women suffragists are mad at Oscar and want him boycotted in AlaA bama. He will get the right sort of Boy Cot when the unterrified go. to the polls iA November and elect him for a full term of six years In the United States Senate with many other years to follow if he lives Oscar Underwood is the Mor- gan of Alabama and will be for many years The female who wants to boycott oscar in Alabama is shooting wide of the mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01

The man of the hour" in England just state for foreign affairs. Twenty-Five years ago John Morley said of him. That young man will go far; he will become prime minister some day" Sir Edward is farmer and fisherman by vo- cation. By nature he is a lover of the outdoors. It is said that his characteris- have grown out of his intimacy with na- ture. After finishing at Oxford, where he did not greatly distinguish himself, Sir Edward became private secretary to Lord Cromer He won a wife and a seat in Parliament in 1885. While not an orator, he soon won the reputation of being sound man.. He became a member of Parliament at the age of %, and was under secretary of state for foreign af- fairs at 90. When he became sec retary of state for foreign af- fairs In 1905 he was the youngest foreign minister Great Britain had ever had. He is today only 52 years old, having be- come foreign minister at the age of 4S. Sir Edward is a tall man with 1.-the figure. He has an aquiline nose, a mobile mouth and unwavering eyes. By some he is called a dreamer of dreams by others cold austere and passionless man. AL though he Is not considered rich man in England, he is a generous landlord. reation that he enjoys most is week. end spent along the brooks of his estate in Northumberland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
No Longer Militnnts

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 We've been expecting to see the an- nouncement that squad of militant suffs. had volunteered their services to the Red Cross societies at the front, but so far we have either overlooked the announcement or a venal press has failed to make it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01

Where people in this country are malS- ing a mistake is in believing that the German people as whole don't want to fight On the contrary that seems to be their chief aim in life just now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01

The war has been going on for about two months and the end is no nearer, apparently, than it was a month ago. When the Krupp factories shut down there may be some hope of peace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01

The New York man who wants a di- vorces from his wife because she throws knives plates and flatirons at him and bumps his head on marble basins, might as we'll be facing fire along the Aisne, for all the peace he gets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
They Can't Forget

From the Tuscaloosa News. Theo Lacy might restore himself in the esteem of the public partially at any
 rate, if he would invest the contents of
 the pine box in cotton at 10 cents a pound.