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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
OFFICER TELLS OF
 !. SURPRISING ENEMY
StOrmed Trench Under Cover of Mist After
 12-HOur Battle

Paris. November 2I.-fsnecia1 , Our fusiliers vigorously repulsed T German attack on the canal of Ypres to the sea-" What this simple line in q recent French official statement meant was told here today by wounded off, fcer of these "marins.,
 "The Germans hoped to surprise us at dawn. All night they had been con centrating strong forces on the north west of Ypres and at dawn they at- lacked us. But their attack had besn Ioreseen and we were on our guard Although very inferior in numbers. one against four. sometimes we held out till nightfall without giving an inch of ground.
 After 12 hours continuous attacks the enemy realized that he could not break our lines and contented himself with a long distance cannonade. IL was the moment we were waiting for. under cover of darkness we manag ged 10 advance close to the German trenches. There was a thick and low hanging mist which favored our move- ments We had received definite or ders not to fire a rifle shot, but to trust to the bayonet. We were within Zo yards of the German trenches be- fcre we were discovered. The enemy were taken absolutely by surprise and most of them did not even attempt to resist. Those who did died where they stood. Nothing could stand out against thc fury of our charge. In less than nalr -n hour all was over. The losses on our side were very slight-1O killed and some 100 wounded The Germans. on the other hand, left many dead and wounded behind them and we took 400 prisoners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
 JOHN T. EVANS

The Asheville, N. c. Citizen of Friday contains the following account of the death in that city of John T. Evans, the well known former Birmingham news paper man.,
 "John T. Evans. a resident of this city for the past two years, died yesterday morning shortly after o'clock at his home on Church street. The deceased had been in i'll health for many months past, although he did not give up active work until less than a week ago, when his con ditiion became such that he was forced to retire from service. For several days past his intimate friends and relatives had realized that his condition was such that he could not recover.
 "A brief funeral service was conducted at the Noland- Brown chapel, on Church street, yesterday afternoon, following which the body was taken to Birming- ham. the former home of the deceased. for burial. Accompanying the body were Mrs Evans and w. O. Boger, the latter close friend of the deceased The service here was conducted by Rev. Calvin B. Waller. D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church, and Altha Iro Ruby. Numerous handsome floral offerings attested to the esteem in which the deceased was held, and many friends of MT. Evans gath cred at the chapel to pay their final re- spects to his memory. Mir Evans came to Asheville from Chattanooga, Tenn. to become a member of the staff of The Citizen. As a member of the local reportorial staff and as state editor he 6pmODqtratp ted mllrh ADil- ity as a writer, showing the results of long experience in the newspaper field. About year ago he left the employment of The Citizen and later joined the staff of The Gazette-News, with which paper he was connected at the time of his death. He was thrown into close touch with many of the residents of this city who found him to be a man of many strong traits of character which won for him scores of friends here, who will learn of his death with sincere regret An ex- cellent writer, careful worker and a tireless laborer, he was regarded as a newspaper man of ability and he had met with much success in the newspaper field. Choosing newspaper work early In life as his profession, MT. Evans was em- ployed at different times on some of the leading southern newspapers and was sue cessful in securing and holding good posi- tions with various eastern papers. During his career he travelled from the gulf to Maine and practically across the conti- nent while affiliated with many publca- tions and news agencies. Throughout the south he has many warm friends in news paper work and veterans in the service will learn with great regret of the writ ing of thirty after his name.
 "The deceased was 8 years of age and was the son of MT. and Mrs. Frank V. Evans of Birmingham. in which city he was reared and where he received his first assignment from a newspaper. Sur viving are wife, Mrs. Mary Belle Evans, who was at the bedside of her husband at the time of her death; two sisters, Mrs. Addie Colvin and Miss Callie Louis Evans of Birmingham; one brother. George H. Evans of Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
ESTES EXPECTS ID SEE MORE BUSINESS Says Conditions Now Are ImprOving-Plant Is
 Running

W. Thornton Estes. president of the Estes Lumber company at North Bir- mingham, is no pessimist. for he is keeping his plant in good running or der and all his wagons are busy. Mir. Estes. says business in the building lines should soon get better, but he is net complaining of matters as they now stand He has orders to supply the lumber for several houses and his blaming mill is kept in operation all the time.
 There is every prospect for con- tinued improvement in business" said MT. Estes. who, by the way, is pres- ident of the Builders exchange. The cotton markets now are open for busi- ness and the federal reserve banking system is in operation. These two facts alone are enough to cause a hearten- Ing sentiment to pervade the south.
 Tn Birmingham it has been an nounced that the Penn Mutual Life Insurance company is prepared to make unlimited loans on R.imingham real estate or any other good collateral to local people This is significant, for the Penn Mutual Is one of the most conservative companies doing busi- ness.
 There has been a noticeable im- provement during the week and I am sure it will be ever more noticeable as time passes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
CONEY ISLAND VIEWERS
 FIND READY SALE HERE,

The Coney Island Frankfurter is in Birmingham. and New York has noth- ing on the citizens of the Magic City.
 The Frankfurter being sold to local citizens is the genuine article such as is bought at Gotham's greatest pleas u-e resort. The demand for the "hot dogs" is so great that following the esta blishment of the first stand here some two weeks ago. there has been an epidemic of wiener stands springing up, mushroom-lilSe, throughout the downtown district. It, has been csti mated that there are no less than IT of these small establishments that sell nothing but the Coney Island wiener"
 About two weeks ago a rather small fellow dropped into Birmingham and decided to open an establishment sell ing only Coney Island wieners He found that the William F. Donovan Provision company on Morris avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22

 i sold the genuine article, so immediately began business. The first week he averaged from 20 to 30 pounds day in sales His average yesterday han reached between 1500 and 2o00 pounds. This in addition to the many other similar establishments selling the same article
 T>e demand for the wiener sand wiches is increasing and every little stand on Twentieth street has it's reg ular patrons, who stop by every night for a sandwich Between and o'clock in the evening the stands are filled to overflowing with eager pur- chasers and 1t seems that the proprie- tors can't prepare the dogs" fast enough.
 The Coney Island wiener is far-famed and Birminghamians whc formerly had to visit little old New York to getithe genuine Coney Island brand now can congratulate themselves that enterpris- ing merchants are finding 1t profitable to sell them here. It means large saving in railroad fare, at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
INDIAN TROOPS TOOK
 SHELLS FOR FIREWORkS $

The London Morning Post prints an ex- tract from a letter of a cavalry officer, giving an account of how the Indian troops behaved in their first encounter with shell fire. Although cavalry officer the writer was serving in the trenches. says London special to the New York Times. In his letter, dated October "A and written from Belgium, he says: | Might before last we were told that the regiment was going to be relieved by the Indians. T was delighted till heard that my troops were to stay out to give them moral support, as it was their first goa compliment, I suppose, although l didn't think so at the time. It was the most weird sight I've ever seen.
 There were six farms and a windmill blazing. all set alight by shell fire, when these fellows. with turbans and with flashing eyes and teeth came up out of the darkness. The undeleated dragons, of course, became firm friends with them at once French, Belgians, Indians-they make pals with them all.
 Well these natives had hardly goe Into the trenches on either side of mo when the Germans opened fire. It was the worst half hour I've ever spent As, of course, I couldn't make them under stand and as they had never seen she lls before. I didn't know what they would do. They behaved splendidy, and I think they thought the shells were fireworks let off for their benefit.
 'The officer in charge of them told me that morning that he was most frightful- ly anxious as to how they'd do, but they shouted with glee when they saw a Ger man and let him know what good shots they are. In the middle of the attack one native hurled himself into my trench and spoke excitedly to me. Of course. l couldn't make out what he wanted, but thought he wanted doctor for someone,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
THERE'S A BRAND
 NEW BABY UP AT
 NENON'S HOUSE

T. U. Nenon. who travels for the Fur nor Electric company. has enjoyed a vacation. He returned to work last Thursday reporting to MT. Gewinner
 MT. Gewinner. as usual was busy and without glancing up from the sheet on which he was figuring, asked, in a dI eamy sort oftway:
 Well, what Is it?''
 Mir. Nenon, for a moment wss start led. He soon recovered, however, and in some confusion, announced:
 Its a boy"
 And con gratulations were in order It weighed 10 pounds at birth, accord ing to the proud father. The child has no teeth as yet but it can say "da- -da' in the most approved manner.
 MT. Nenon says that the outlook in business circles now is very bright. He expects to make a great showing dur ing the coming weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
REPORTS ON LARD
Billingsley Says Lard Cans in Bir.
 mingham Have Proper Weight

Montgomery, November 2o.-(Spe- cial.)-C. Homer Billingsley, pure food and drug clerk of the department of agriculture and industries, has returned from Birmingham, where he made sew eral investigations of reports that lard Is sold there in cans not having the proper weight Mir. Billingsley reported to Capt. Reuben F. Kolb commissioner of agriculture, that the reports arc un- founded, declaring that he conducted extensive investigations and received the assistance of persons who claimed they were charged for more lard than they received.
 The pure food and drug inspector rec commended that something be done to prevent the packing of lard in cans that might mislead the public. He said the practice Is to use cans bear ing numbers and that persons purchas- ing a No. 10 can believe they are being given 10 pounds of lard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22

trade, presenting their arguments in the language of the prospective cus- tcmer.
 The local T. P. A. organization is soon to issue a book showing the advan- tages of Birmingham from several points of view, among the chief of Which is its attractiveness as a con vention city. In May of next year a good sized delegation will attend the national convention in Omaha and it Is intended to take copies of this book along and make one of the biggest fights ever for the 1916 meeting of the national body. It has been pointed out that Birmingham is the logical southern point for meeting of the travelling men, and they will be shown everything that will help them to en- joy stay here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
T. P. A. MEN STUDY SPANISH

Among the activities of the Travel CTS Protective association in Birming ham is a class in Spanish under the direction of Professor Alexander The purpose of the class is to teach local travelling salesmen the Spanish ,an- guage that they may better meet the South American trade, for it is easily to be seen that the countries to the south of us will receive more and more attention from the United States and especially the south
 It is pointed out by W. R. Mabry, sec retary of the T. P. A. here. that there is a vast amount of trade In South America that by right belongs to the south, to Birmingham jobbers and man ufacturers, and 1t is tho object of the class in Spanish to so instruct the statesmen that they may go after the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Food for Pisgah Home

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
 take the liberty to once more beg the use of space in your valuable paper to appeal for aid in behalf of the inmates oi Pisgah home. Thanksgiving is now draw ing near and in the goodness of their hearts we hope the charitably inclined will remember us and contribute generously of food of all kinds, as we have a large number of inmates and we turn no one away, and have cheerful welcome fol all. We would like to give a good din- ner Thanksgiving and if the public will cooperate in our good work and contrib ute as freely as possible, we know it vii be appreciated by all. Persons wishing to donate please notify us by phone ant we will call for same. Thanking you 1T advance. I remain.
 MRS. M. J. WOODS. Supt. and Matron in Charge PisEah Home Phone 211-J West End.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
sIt Is an Exquisite Joy to Look In My Mirror Now-Stuart's Calcium Waters Gave Me Back My
 Clear C0mpIexiOn..

Stuarts Calcium Waters act directly
 upon the sweat glands of the skin, since
 their mission Is to stimulate the excre-
 tory ducts. They do not create perspira-
 tion, but cause the skin to breathe out
 vigorously, thus transforming perspira- ton into a gaseous vapor. The calcium
 sulphide of which these waters are com
 posed consumes the germ poisons in the
 sweat glands and pores, hence the blood
 makes a new. smooth skin in a surpris- ingly short time.
 You will never be ashamed to look at
 yourself in a mirror. once you use Stuart s
 Calcium Waters. Nor will your friends
 give you that limiting look, as much as
 to say-for goodness sake, get rid of those pimples.
 There is no longer any excuse for any, one to have a face disfgured with skin eruptions, when 1t is so easy to get rid of them. Simply get a box of Stuart's Calcium Waters at any drug store and take them according to directions. After a few days you will hardly recognize yourself in the mirror. The change will delight you immensely. All blemishes will disappear.
 All druggists sell Stuarts' Calcium Wa fers at 50 cents a box. A small sample package mailed free by addressing F.. A. Stuart Co.,, 175 Stuart Bldg, Marshall Mich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
Free Diet Advice
 to All Dyspeptics

Eat what the little diet slip in ev- cry package of Hot Springs Liver But tons tells you to eat, and take a magic button as directed. and your Dyspep. sia or Indigestion or Stomach Trouble will soon be thing of the past.
 Hot Springs Liver Buttons are the most blissful laxative ever compounded. Better than calomel salts. oils wa ters, etc, because they act gently, vet surely on the bowels. and eXpel ever, particule of waste matter.
 They are great for Malaria, Dizzi- ness. Biliousness, Dependency. and Sallow. B1otchy Skin. Only 25 cents. If your druggist cannot supply you, send 25 cents, stamps or silver. to Hot Springs Chemical Co.,, Dept. 14, Hot Springs. Arkansas, and receive a box By mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
SOUTH ALABAMA
 BUSINESS BETTER Jeter Says Trade Is on the Upgrade-Expects It
 to Continue

Fred Jeter, who travels the Mont somery territory for the Turner Elec- tric company, reports that business conditions in south Alabama are i'm proving and that he expects trade to continue on the upgrade. Mir Jeter says that the opening of the cotton ex- changes and the startlng up of the federal reserve system of banks had much to do with the improved tone.
 T believe that beginning with the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22

CouiuH quiAC pidCS lnc oPoh lhas "os
 In his conversation with business men this salesman-some call him an agent-said business was beginning to feel better in the east and other parts of the country. He said there was no reason for the talk of "hard times;" that such didn't exist. People will live, he said, no matter what happens. And the situation as it now exists is not calculated to place the people on a plane of mere living
 T was in New Orleans last week, ' said this salesman. 'and did good busi- ness. I can't understand why I shouldn' do even more business in Birmingham for everything here has the appearance oi prosperity. The newspapers sing 1t tc the skies, business men talk of it and their order books are living examples oi 1t, but I can't secure an order.
 ''If any city in all the southland has any excuse for crying hard times 1t is New Orleans When I was there, four German vessels of war, three British craft and one or two French vessels were in the harbor, afraid to make for the open sea. Exports were stopped. And when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
WEST FINDS COLD
 HELPS BUSINESS

T. F. West. the Ensley mems mer- chant. says that wit hthe coming of the first cold snap he noticed a change in business conditions. With the mer- chants particularly. said MT. West, the change was apparent. There was more buying immediately and there has been a steady stream of customers for a week past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
M'BRIDE BELIEVES
 HE CAN "CLEAN UP"

c. l.. McBride of the Turner Electric company says he is going to "clean up' on automobile tires this week. Now z tho time to buy 'em," says Mir Me Bride. People are now beginning to realize that business Is going to be even Netter than it has been in the last 30 days and I believe I will make a good showing the first half of Decem- bcr as well as the last week in No- vtinber. Anyhow, I'm going to give somebody a good run for the money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
SNELLGROVE TALKS
 IN OPTIMISTIC VEIN

B. L. Snellgrove, who travels for poster-Northington Drug company in the Sand mountain region, says busi- ress is good on his route and says there is every indication of a steady Improvement
 With the opening of the cotton mar kets and the beginning of the federal reserve bank system my customers seem infused with new life and there s not a pessimist among them. They ex- pect money to be easier and believe there will be larger volume of trade. I expect to see my orders mount up every week henceforWard."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
FLORIDA PEOPLE
 EXPECT GOOD TIMES

A. H. Shirley of the Turner Electric company made Florida last waek and reports business down there in fine shape. 'The people are all expecting business to show much improvement before Christmas and everyone seems to be sure that with the beginning of the new year business will hum"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22

middle of December we will see a re- vival in business that may prove as- ton;shing to some of the staid old moss- backs who have been so assiduously preaching hard times.'" said MT. Je- ter "Of course, with such people busi- ness is slow. It can't be otherwise when the man 'hollers all the time instead of getting out and working. If a man only will work he will find many GUS toners in unlocked for places. It's not tie times that causes some merchants to yell; its pure lazy cussedness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
What Does Your Mirror SaytOYOu?
If Your Foce Is Not Fnir You Are Not Fair to Your Face. Use Stuart's Calcium Waters and Banish
 Pimples, etc.

Before beauty can ever be realized it must have a complexion that adds to its lustre, that makes a magnificent face con- tour radiate an artistic color. The charm of all beauty rests chiefly in the clear skin. the pure red blood, the soft. cream like complexion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
Dear Girls

From the Louisville .Courier-JournaL
 Here comes Nerissa Let's kiss her complexion off. Who'll kiss her first?''
 q will" volunteered Vanessa.
 NO, let me do it." urged Jocosta. "I know where her freckles are.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
,Doster-Northinston visitors

There were many visitors at the ster-Northington store last week, among them being:
 MT. Williams of Dodd & Son, druggists, Nauvoo; B. O. Driver of Roanoke; MT. Shaw of Shaw & Glider, druggists, Carbon Hill; Dr. R. s. Glasgow of Adamsville and R. J. Bynum, southern manager for Eli Lilly & Co.,, pharmaceutical chemists, Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22


 the exports stop New Orleans is in a. bad way. But the business men there re- fused to look at it that way They had money enough to continue to operate and they continued as before. Business now Is better down there and the optimism of these brave spirits is borne out by events.
 Business men here refuse to admit tha t they have been materially injured by the war. or rather, I should say. most of them do. I have intervieweds only two men at the head of going business con- cerns in Birmingham who did not speak enthusiastically of the future and refer to business as it now is as being satisfac- tory. These two knockers seemed to be prosperous, and in their places of busi- ness there were many customers, and think the hard times talk indulged, by the men was superinduced by an attack of the gout or some kindred physical ail- ment.
 Business Is all right. old man. Don't let that fact get past you. After January live will see these old United States more prosperous than ever before. You can now hear the hum of approaching prosperity and the man who says he can not is not a good business man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
SCARBOROUGH COMPANY
 SHOWS BUSINESS INCREASE

Word has been received in Bir- mingham that the Scarborough Drug company at Anniston has shown on its books an increase in business for every month of this year. When the war came, and German points of export were closed, resulting in closing the market on many drugs, many drug gists found that their sales showed a decrease. The Scarborough com pany is to be congratulated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
Sort of a Luxury

From the Shamrock Irish Emerald.
 ANsmall child. who was the youngest member of very hard up family, was told by her father that she had a new baby sister.
 Isn't that nice?" he asked
 But hard lessons of domestic econ omy had already taken hold of the young lady, and she answered severely:
 Well daddy I s'pose it's all right, but 1t seems to me that there's a lot of things we need more."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
DRUMMER" FAILS TO MAKE SALES HERE.
 BLAMES HIMSELF
Says He Sold Subscriptions to Magazine In New Orleans and Believes That His Failure to Get Orders In Birmingham Is Due to Lack of Sell ing Point


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
Household Economy

From the Washington Star.
 lou shouldn't permit the butcher to throw away all the trimmings after he has weighed your meat"
 q don't I take them home and let them cook throw them away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
The Modern Servant

From the Boston TranscrIpt.
 Mrs. Hiram Offen-Your recommenda- tions are rather poor, I must say.
 Maid-Wel1, mum, yez weren't recom- minded very highly to me. ayther.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22

as he kept pointing at cartridgth. so sent down for him, but when he arrived l discovered it was more ammunition he wanted and not the doctor"