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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
Pecan Nut Growing

Pecan nut growing has come to be a
very important industry of the south.
According to the last reports, 600 pecan
orchards. containing a total of 100000
trees, are under cultivation in states
south of Mason and Dixon's line, says
the New York sun.
The pecan is found only in certain
parts of this country and Mexico. Orig
inally it grew in rather restricted
area, but of recent years has been sue
cessfully planted in much larger
stretch of country. In fact the nuts are
grown as far north as Illinois and
Iowa.
1.-The evident age of not uncommon
large trees near the Gulf coast indicates
that the planting of pecans in the south
ern states east and south of the area of
the natural range of the species has been
in progress for more than century,"
says a bulletin on the subject. ''The
planting of orchards In those states be-
gan with Seeding trees about 20 years
before the civil war
During the early Dos grated and bud
ded trees of named varieties appeared in
sufficient numbers so that a few or
chards of such trees were planted pre-
vious to 1900. Since that time. especially
during the past five years. the planting
of pecan orchards in the southern states
has been taking place at rapidly accele-
rating rate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
FRESHMEN CHASSIS
SHR0UDED IN GLOOM
Princeton First Year Dan
dies Must Stick to S0mber
Garb for While

Princeton. y. j.. January 1o.-tSpeciai)
Freshmen at Princeton have 10 walk a
chalk line so far as dress apparel is con-
cerned and follow the straight and mar
row path in their conduct on the college
campus. The undergraduates, freshmen
included. are to see that the customs pre-
scribed shall be followed out to the let
ter.
These rules curb Beau Brummel in
stinct that is latent in the freshman 8
breast for part of his first year at least.
The fresh" who enters Princeton and
expects to dress up to the fashion he has
been led to believe is proper for col
lege man after perusal of cartoons
expects to dress up to the fashion for a
is in for a sad disappointment.
In the first place he cannot wear any of
the natty fall or winter hats affected by
the upper class men. His headgear is
confined to a black skull cap until the
third Saturday in May. Then he can wear
straw hat. Nor can he flaunt the or
ange and black for he is forbidden to
wear college colors in any form
The budding fashion plate finds he can
wear only black shoes, socks and ties.
He cannot turn up his trousers or have
cuffs on them. and he is forbidden IL
wear any kind of a fancy vest. But he
must wear a collar There is none of the
lolling about in a soft shirt for the fresh
man at Princeton.
All these regulations apply only from.
the day he registers until Washington $
birthday, so that is a big day for the
freshman. Then many of them blossom
out in the gaudy togs they have pur-
chased from time to time and stored away Y
for the day of celebration. The first
year men are already looking forward to
February %. for then. too, they can es-
cape from the confinement of their rooms
after 9 O'Clock. This restriction goes hard
on many who would like to go to call on
a girl, going "fussing" as the collegians
say.
But one rule that holds good the year
round is against smoking pipes or cigars
on the streets of Princeton or the cam
pus. In addition the freshman cannot
take part in the football and baseball
games on the campus. They are not al
lowed to walk ON Prospect avenue, Nc
Gosh walk or the walk in front of "Old
North"
AS seniority of class determines the pos-
session of the sidewalk the freshmen are
expected to get off the walk for every
other class Unless they are accompa-
MED by visitors they are not allowed to
occupy seats in the grandstand for the
games at university field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
"A Secret that Has Taken
10 Years from My Face"

SPOTTY-1 certainly would not use
the skin -bleaches YOU mention. Most
face creams, however. merely soften
the skin and do their work very slowly.
This Is because they nearly all contain
the same base. Any woman who has
used the formula given below realizes
It's almost ma gical result in removing
All red spots, muddiness roughness and
ssalIowness. sa The skin loses all impuri-
Ties and takes on an exquisite pink
white color absolutely spotless. . You
could not get anything better In this
With a half-pint of hot water mix
two tablespoonfuls of glycerine, and
while stirring pour In one ounce Of zin
tone, ontainable for not more than fifty
cents at any drug store. When cool 1t
makes an exquisite satiny cream and Ia
ready To use. Apply night and morn
ing. Use it very literally.
SALoME--Bust development mav
surely be restored In "A splendid manner
and very promptly by taking two tea
mixture of half a cup of sugar, two
ounces of ruetone and half a pint OF
cold water all thoroughly dissolved IT
b is a safe mixture and there is moth
ing 70 equal IL. The ruetone will cost
n dollar at drug stores.
X X X
n IDA O. B.-Ordinary shampoos, as
N rule, have not the necessary cleans
III Ing properties to make good head
III washes. Mere soap and water usll-
II ally leave a greasy film on the scalp
no matter how frequent the rinsinE
II If YOU VIII dissolve one teaspoonfui
II OIL eggoi in half cup of hot water
you VIII have the finest latherv
scalp cleanser, scurf and dandruff
remover and hair fluffer YOU have
ever used. Eggo1 will cost not more
than twenty-five cents at the drug
store and this will last you for at
least twelve shampoos
Y X X
AOGUSTA-1n regard to the use
of the superfluous hair removers ad-
vertised, l would say positively no
I Dissolving the hair is the only safe
this satisfactorily is to rub simple
sulfo solution on the hair to be re-
moved. 1t never leaves a spot never
frritates, leaves the skin soft and
sulfo solution will cost a dollar at
drug stores.
MISS QUICKLY-You can keen
pinching out blackheads and taking
blood tonics as long as you live. but you
There Is only one thing to do. You will
be able to get rid of them all In only
few minutes by simply sprinkling some
neroxin on a hot wet sponge and rub
bing 1t on the blackheads. Neroxin will
cost you fifty cents at the drug store.
The result Is very rema rlsable.
MARGARET r. I.-Creams are use
less I'm trying to get rid of pimples.
Simply dissolve twelve ounces of gran
In a pint of water. or this take three or
four teaspoonfuls three or four times a
day. Get the sarsene from the drug
store by the ounce In the original pack
age. The effect OF this safe mixture Is
truly wonderful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
TURN HAIR DARK
WITH SAGE TEA
If Mixed With Sulphur 1t
Darkens So Naturally No
body Can Tell

The old-time mixture of Sage Tea and
Sulphur for darkening gray, streaked
and faded hair is grandmothers treat
ment, and folks are again using it to
keep their hair a good even color,
which is quite sensible, we are liv
ing in an age when a youthful appear
ance is of the greatest advantage.
Nowadays, though, we don't have the
troublesome task of gathering the sage
and the mussy mixing at home. All
drug stores sell the ready to-use pro-
duct called "Wyeths Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy for about 80 cents a bot
tie. 1t is very popular because nobody
can discover 1t has been applied
Simply moisten your comb or a soft
brush with 1t and draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand at
a time; by morning the gray hair dis
appears but what delights the ladies
with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur is that
besides beautifully darkening the hair
after a few applications it also pro-
duces that soft lustre and appearance
of abundance which is so attractive;
besides, prevents dandruff, itching
scalp and falling hair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
PAVING CENTURIES
OLD IS UNEARTHED

Paris. January 10-Examples of tho
paving of Philippe-Auguste. King OF
France, toward the end of the Twelfth
century, have been brought to light by
excavations in the Rue Saint Jacques, close
to the Sorbonne. In 1lS5 the King COM
planned of the unpleasant and muddy ap-
proaches to his palace near Notre Dame
and ordered that All streets should be
paved at the expense of the residents.
In compliance with his order heavy
slabs of stone, three and one-half feet
square and six inches thick, We're laid
down. The ones eXcavated were found
at depth of seven feet under the existing
roadbed. They have smooth beveled edges
and when fitted together make a cause
way over IA feet wide. They bear marks
of the passage of chariot wheels about
four inches wide. The stones are to be
preserved in the Cluny museum and
search is being made in the vicinity for
further relics of the period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
MIDDLE WEST WAS SHOWN
AS DESERT IN OLD MAPS

Columbia. Mo. January 10.-1Speeia)
Maps showing southern California to be
an island and North America in deformed
shapes to the north and west with un-
heard of rivers and mountain ranges, are
among the collections of the State His
toreal society.
THE Great American Desert was q
rather large area a few decades ago, In
cluding Kansas. Nebraska, oklahoma,
most of Texas and parts of Colorado,
New Mexico and Arizona. The geogra-
piers of those days remarked briefly that
the region where wheat farming has been
carried on for the past . years was mot
adapted to agriculture and, save for tho
rowing red men of the plains is unin-
hahited," There was no such town as
Kansas City, and villages now forgot
ten rival st. Louis in the size of tho
type in which their names apepar on the
maps.
The school Biographies Of rs years ago
show the mountains inhabited by bears
ana other wild animals, sketched in to
suggest to the pupils mind the dangers
lurking in those savage Businesses. One
carly map of Missouri shows Howard
county included all of Ray County and
parts of several adjoining counties.
A collection of all the revisions of tho
Missouri state statutes and of the session
acts. recently rebound by the society.
show economic and social conditions that
have long since been forgotten
Apprentices were to be presented a suit
of clothes a copy of the Bible. and 81
when they reached 81 years of age and
completed their period of service, which
often extended over five or 10 years
Penalties We're provided for dramshop
keepers who sold intoxlcants to steam
boat employees In defiance of the orders
of the captain or the boat and thus in
terfered with transmission of freight and
carriage of passengers, for in those days
steamboats, were the swiftest means of
communication.
Many regulations as to the ear marks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
WARRIOR SCHOOL AND PEOPLE IT SERVES

\ favored spot is the town of War
rior, situated on bluff of the War
rior river. 90 miles north of Birming
ham. From a business standpoint War
rior compares favorahly with other
towns of its size. Having a population
OF less than zoe it supports Il general
merchandise establishments. two banks.
hardware store. drug store. furniture
house, two hotels. a restaurant, bakery,
meat market and several smaller busi-
Resses.
Warrior is the trade center of a
large farming district The farmers buy
fertilizer, farm implements, clothing,
groceries and other necessities there
and sell their cotton and other farm
products to the Warrior merchants.
They handle over 1000 bales of cotton
every year.
Another profitable source of busi-
ness is the trade of industrial EN-
ployes. As Warrior is surrounded by
,.mines and brickyards. it is the natural
trading point for the people working
at these places. Among these plants
are Beltona mines operated by the
American Coal corporation; Seloca
mines, operated by the Atlantic Coal
and Coke company; India mine, Ell Vista
mine, Moss mine, mines and brick
plants of the Sibley- -Menge Brick and
Coal company and by the Southern Clay
Brick and Manufacturing company.
These industries employ a large num-
ber of men and contribute materially
to the business done in Warrior
The people of Warrior are prosperous
and happy. Quite a number are we'll
to-do. There are 10 automobiles in
the town and when the new steel
bridge across the Warrior river is COM
,pleted others will be purchased
y A deal has just been completed where
by tract of land approximating 800
acres has been transferred from the
Central Coal company to the Warrior
Land company, concern composed of
local business men. This land lies in
and near the city limits and much Of
it is valuable for truck farming. 1t is
expected that the opening of this prop
erty will increase the population OF
Warrior and its vicinity.
Warrior School
Warrior has four churches and two
Nchools, one for each race. The first
kchoolhouse a two-room building. was
j destroyed by fire in 1902. During the fol-
lowing year the school was taught in
store. and a year or more later a three
room schoolhouse was built. In 1908 two
rooms were added. One was completed
for immediate use and the other, ON the
second floor, was left unceled until the
present year when it was finished and Il
fifth teacher was added.
Three years ago the school enrolled 13l
pupils with an average attendance of less
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11

Of stock and the registration Of car
marks of stock with county officials show
that public land and free range for stock
was a common condition.
1.-THE excessive whipping Of slaves was
Dealt with in the laws of 1885, and many
laws provide punishment for slaves that
committed minor offenses, the object be
ing to punish the slave. but not to de-
rrive the master of the slaves labor.
Labor laws, in the modern acceptance OF
the phrase, did not exist as labor unions
end strikes We're unknown.
A gradually Increasing collection OF
Missouri state publications, built on the
T. a. Sampson collection as a nucleus,
now belongs TO the State Historical So
ciety There is an almost complete col
lection of the journal of the state legis-
lature, of great value to research worl,
by graduate students or writer's on his
ttry.
There is complete collection of the
state statutes from 1S25 to 1909 and also a
set Of the session acts, so that the actual
state of the law In Missouri at any given
date can bo accurately ascertained. Many
lawyers have made special trips. to Co
lumbia in the past few years to consult
this collection.
The burning of the Missouri capitol
building destroyed many priceless state
records. but through the efforts of f. A.
Sampson. the secretary of the society,
and of Prof Jones files OF the history
department OF the University of Missouri.
many volumes We're recovered from the
ashes. only partly searched. and these
were rebound and in many instances conf
peted priceless sets of state publications
in the library of the State Historical So
ciety.
The new $250,ooe University OF Missouri
Library building, the contract for which
will be awarded in January. Will con-
tain quarters for the society's library.
which includes in addition TO valuable
material for historical research, one of
the most complete and rare collections
of newspapers west fthe Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11

In half a pint of hot water dissolve
two ounces of eptol which you can OBJ
tain at drug stores for not more than
fifty cents Stir until 1t starts TO cream;
add two tablespoonfuls of glyceririe and
stir until cold This Will not grow hair.
Use it literally and surprise will sure
ly be in store for you.
X X
AMELIA TT would throw that
switch in the waste basket. You say
your hair is terribly thin and scraggly.
Use the following formula and in a
short time you will actually be able to
make almost as much new hair grow as rs
now contained In the switch. OF thiS
| feel absolutely sure II is the most re-
markable hair grower / have ever
known Mix half a pint of alcohol and
half pint of water Cor use one pint
of bay rum alone If you prefer and In
this put one ounce of beta -quinol, which
will cost not more than fifty cents at
the drug store. Mix thoroughly and APP
ply. Use literally. Use it often.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
Vnieskn Suratt, the Jewel of the Ameri-
can Stage, Gives Secrets of How
Startling Results Can lie Secured
In Acquiring Bcauty
by Miss NaIeska Suratt

WHEN person can actually see in
w herself a marked change to youth
fulness. after few weeks trea tment
for wrinkles, the difference certainly
must be powerful. indeed. How much
more evident then, is this difference to
other people. This is the refreshing eX-
perience l enjoyed when | first made up
my mind to cast off from the ordinary
wait-forever preparations which / had
previously been using and to endeavor
to find my own solution to the question
of quick action.
What the result has been, those who
will try the following method and form
ula will quickly realize. Lines of age.
the myraid of small wrinkles that can
hardly be seen but which produce the
appearance of age, deep wrinkles, and
the sagging of flesh that years bring,
are removed In very astonishing way
The flesh is made 70 look youthful. 1t
becomes plump girlish, and the imprint
of years disappears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
An Evasive Answer

FTOfn the NashInRtOn Star.
What do you think of our envoy ex.
traordinary?" asked the tourist.
'He suits the title admirably" replied
the courteous and discreet diplomat. He
is one of the most extraordinary envoys
I ever saw"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
Wasn't Shocked

II saw you and your husband at the
play last night, Mrs. Wedgeccmb. How
did You like it?'
! I'm sorry we wasted our money on
lit Several people told me would be
shocked, but I wasn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
Just the Man

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Canibal King. There's one vacancy
on my staff. l need a "torturer."
Poor Captive. Then I'm your man.
used to be a painles dentist.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01
THE COPPER MARKET.

With fairly good domesti' slles ~
eleCtrolytic yesterday ut li't cents \
pound the week closed u % ht2e OF
glory for the copper metal market. There
had been big cyror. safes Of the metal
at ltHs cents pound. bat a temporary
lull eusued when producers sud i.nlv ,),....
w their prices another peg. This was
considered particularly strange. a. do,
nestle buying had been light.
Tomorrow tho fortnightly statistics
from London are expected, hut producers
admitted It would lie but gucsswork 10
attempt to predict the net result. That
statistics have passed as factor. tenn
porurily at least, was the comment ~
producers when the home buying started
January sales Of copper were est
mated at we'll above 100000, 900 pounds,
mostly for export account. Domestic
manufacturers until late IN the week had
not even made hrm Inquiries. but with
the appearance on Thursday of some
OF the Connecticut brass representa- tiNes
it WAS thought that buying soon would
follow
Prices during the past month ranged
from 1880 cents cash New York to 1tN.
cents 80 days. AS has been the case on
countless previous occasions the foreign
crs got all tho cheap copper, leaving the
Americans to pay the top prices.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01
CITY'S MANAGER Is
MAKING THINGS HUM
Springfield, Ohio. Hardly Able
to Recognize Itself Under
New System.
GRAFT TAKES BACK SEAT
Efficiency and Industry Are In.
trOduccd and the Towns
Payroll Decreases.
GRAFT TAKES BACK SEAT

arR"osELp. Ohio. Jan. Sl.--"what is
Cay Manage: Charles Il. Ashburner do
ing at Springfield. Ohio" IL the ques-
bon being asked Just at present IN varl-
1,,r ra,.s ~ the United States.
EJ3.'ts5 non say that he IL doing a
.tca. deal. They say he IL revolutions.
.as ,f,hss ut city Hall. PoHt.oiars are
aot saying u word they are e,mply look
rs on ard wondering what he IL COINS
70 10 nsxt.
Since 81. hsnbvi1,er TOOK charge the
nrs. Of tho year y, has with the back.
ing of the city commission OF nv. t,Ll,cii
up tho entire city government. given 4,
Z shaking and turned Il over. Tne parts
TINT were relics OF the pas. have been
ih:own out. system has been applied
B,sLes3 methods have baen Intro iuced
1895 only In one department. but .n AL.
Instead Of receiving thrcat,nir; letters
'isni the Board OF re Underwater re-
:AIGirg his POLICY of reducing The for =,
~ IN" fra department, ccntrdllIps tn,
equipment AMI also mo;or.1irg u. IN,
committee when called upon him q few
days ago pledged support ard told nm
that there would be no Increase In rates
TGcy 3did "DO ahead with your cni-
ci,ECy r.aG. ". realize that you mean
to keep up tac fire lighting facilities viii
NOt.r mO'9r drive clulD.neI.."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

mannfa,turcr OF motors at Port Chester,
y Y. has nled a prt.tion In nanktnptcy;
with liabilities Of s?2,so2 and assets 81
chinery and fixtures, $500 accounts.
s.ss7 patterns ,25. photos, 'iS, and real
estate, $1,000. morteaged Tor 5000
IaSre Meyer MAYER a b5%d odo The COM
pany was organized after the bankruptcy
OF tho Jenclck Motor Manufacturing Com
pany in May, 1911,
WILLIAM T. CONVILLE, salesman OF 1871
lion in bankruptcy. with liabilities of So
aOs and no assets Most OF the debts
we're contracted at Fan" Rockaway. He
owes $3.50 to eight doctors.
WILLIAM NEADERTHAL & Co--IudEe
crSyer Tor William Neaderthai 4 co..
manufacturers Of furs at ~ West Twenty
eighth street; bond. $4,000, with author
ity to carry on business for ten days ~:
Association go VIII act as receiver with
nut compcnss ton.
W & l.. Les r'InSKY. fur manu- acturers
At 100 I'nlvers!ty place have made aet :
dollar payable ID cents cash ana 10 cents
in two notes at fo4r and six months and
the bankruptcy petition has been dis
II wEisINGEn 4 soNs-scheduies in
bankruptcy ~ H. Weisinger " Sons, fur
manufacturers Of 1873 West Twenty.hfih
street. .how Liabilities Of '2oois and as
GRANT & GREENBEHG--sched in
bankruptcy 81 drs", 4 Gre"nhsrs ,cor-
poratlrni. dealers In mems furnishing
goods a 100 Canal street, show liabilities
MENDEL GOLDOWskr ~ son schedules
in bankruptcy OF Mendel Goidowsky 4 Son.
general store at Port chester, n y, show
Ilsbilitics OF t3sts and assets Of NN,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01
THE STEEL MARKET.
Improvement Reported in New Busi.
mess for the Weak.

steel manufacturers report Improve
ment during the week In the volume OF
incoming business. and many of the IN
dependents state that they have sufficient
orders on hand TO continue operations at
about 60 per cent Of capacity through
next month. Concessions continue to be
made on orders for immediate delivery,
but they are refused on goods for distant
months. Foreign competition has. ap-
peared along the Atlantic seaboard and
In the South and some interests maintain
that until prices for finished products
have been advanced abroad no marked
domestic situation.
Railroads are taking more interest in
the market and are buying rails more
freely. but their orders for new equip
ment are not large. Rail orders are much
below last years figures. The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad during the week placed
an order for thirty four locomotives nifty
all steel passenger coaches and 1000 box
cars.
There has also been a fair demand for
steel for the New York subways
The Daily Iron Trade says: Pig iron
buyers In New England, New York and
other Eastern districts have bought sew
eral hundred thousand tons since the
opening of the year. and n fair activity
continues Railway equipment makers
report an increasing demand from rail-
roads for repair work. Ferro-manganese
has been cut to s35 seaboard. the lowest
point In years. Renewed activity in the
steel hoop market has brought a price re-
duction OF 81 a ton in Pittsburg. but semi.
finished steel Is firm. The Connellsville
coke output has increased slightly but
prices are unchanged"