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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
Mobile Pilot Visits Blrmlnsham

Joseph H. Norville, one of the best known and best liked pilots of Mobile. is in Birmingham, and is being cordially greeted. Among his pessonal friends here are Sterling A. Wood and John H. Mcqueen.
 MT. Norville is a member of the board or directors of the Mobile Bar and. Bay Pilots association. We have never charged excessive fees, although some persons who do not understand the sit- uation or who have seen fit to 'agitate' against us. try to make 1t appear that we have said the pilot Our policy should be and Is one that will help Ala bama. We have been especially mindful of the coal trade and have reduced our fees for coal shippers so as to foster one of Birminghams great industries. And we try to be fair to everybody
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
A MUNICIPAL MARKET

From the Gadsden Times-Newa.
 Birmingham will find an ideal municipal market at Chattanooga. if that's what Alabamas big town Is looking for. Chat tanooga hss tried market house ard failed in the past. but 1t maintains che of the hest and most successful to be found anywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
THE RECORD
the Beaumont Entorprise.

From the Beaumont Enterprise. Demetrios Pappatheothorokoum norgeotopoulos is the name of an Illincis man. He should be able to sidestep a re-
 quest to act as surety on friends hote with the plea that he hadn't time to sign h.s name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
PERvERsITY.


 Tn order to get w>u. madam. you must obey me implicitly" sal the renowned specialist.
 But, doctor. couldn't you give me one or two unnecessary rules that I could break with impunity7' What for?" "The idea of strict obedience Is so re- pugnant to me, am sure 1t would cause bad case of nerves
 POSSESSION WORTH WHILE. The chap who owns motorboat Is very popular, we note,
 About this time of year:
 But he who owns limousine Can count on taking out queen
 When snow and ice appear
 A RARE OPPORTUNITY. T wonder If could find summer re- sort where there are no moving picture shows"
 T don't know, but dare say plenty of people would be overjoyed to find one like that"
 Those who think the same way 1 do!" "No. People who want to open nov ing picture show in virgin territory
 THE NEXT STEP.  'I notice you have some new neighbour in your block?"
 'Yes, but the newness is wearing of. One of them called me 'olds top this morning and tomorrow expect to be ap- preached for loan"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
c0NTRADICroRY

From the Kansas City Star.
 As a steamer was leaving the harbor of Athens we'll dressed young passen- ger approached the captain and point ing to the distant hills, inquired: What Is that white stun on the hills. cap- tain?"
 That is snow, madam" replied the captain.
 Well" remarked the lady. "I thought so myself. but gentleman just now told me 1t was Greece"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
oUIrr PROBABLE.
rrom the Benumont Enterprise.

From Inc BehuHOnt Enterpr1se.
 The injunction Ia sometimes put to q,ieer uses. With the state fair coming on at Des Mones. la. John Dear don of that city has secured an injunction prohibiting Mrs. Jane Latham and her two children. who live in the country, from visiting him. The information does not state whether the lady Is his mother-in-law or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

BEGINNING THE DAY-"Every pot in JerusaIem shall he holy" In Zecharlah's vision of the kingdom of God the common Is glorious and the secular is sacred. 0 God, hasten the day when play will be praise, when labor will he prayer, when business will he religion, when pol- tiles will be love. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
ALABAMA PRESS

Selma Times: Birmingham is going to have pie factory. capitalized at s5000. This ought to help some.
 Troy Messenger: Birmingham has just completed big viaduct at First avenue. This will greatly facilitate traffic where there is network of railroad tracks. and will reduce the amount of danger to a minimum
 Huntsville Mercury Banner: The splendid showers. are making a good season for sowing turnips and planting a second crop of Irish potatoes.
 Opelika Daily News: If Lee county expects to remain in the fight and win out against the boil weevil if Ia going to have to be done by making of this grain and cattle growing country. Now is the time to begin to make the change. It will be too late to make the change without sustain ing fearful losses If we wait until the weevil gets here and destroys a crop or two of cotton.
 Talladega Daily Home: A weekly newspaper is to be established in Mont gomery to defend the people from "op pression and tyrrany." Just like th. state was not now full of politicians engaged In that specific business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
THE LAST STRAW.

Son. I've paid your gambling debts" Thank you. dad"
 And helped you to escape from tho clutches of a chorus girl.''
 "So you did
 But if I ever catch you wearing one of those decollette shirts for men. you and I are going to part company"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
BECAUSE or HER

By Mabel Stevens Frier. With bare legs and faded gingham gown, l saw her first--a lovely little girl Her slender fingers clasped within my
 own,
 With low sweet laughter set my heart From out her wondrous eyes of darkest shone forth a soul all pure and unds-
 filed, And all things young and beautiful An added charm because she was child. Again saw her as maiden grown half-open blossom. whose rare grace
 fulfilled The promise of the bud. and yet gave hints Of greater glories. when. If God 60
 willed The half-grown rose should open to full-
 est flower.
 brought my gifts of frankincense and
 myrrh To lay them at her feet and evermore I reverenced Womanhood because ol
 Her. And now watch her rocking to and fr(
 light; A tiny head is pillowed on her arm, A tiny form is cuddled warm and tight, A glow is on her face-A light methink6 That never on the land or sea did rest All Motherhood 10 sacred now to me Because t ia nak baby at her broaoe
 |. IT A -I.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
nuRLEsoN NEEDS ONE

From the Houston Post
 That pie machine which Worlds Work says can turn out 1900 pies an hour would be q grand thing If 1t could be used by Albert Burleson for turning out postoffice pie to hungry democrats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

An Illinois nymph in a red bathing suit attached fishhooks to the garment and made a big haul of bullfroRs. The vera cious fisherman might as well retire to the tall and uncut timber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Crops in sumter County

Cotton In Sumter is looking very We'll and as for corn. 1t is in splendid condition.' said H. A. Harrison, whose home is about 10 miles from Livingston.
 planted only 30 acres in cotton, but I nave 80 acres fn corn. and the yield will be about 70 bushels to the acre. which Is fine for so large field. This has been one of the best crop years in Sumter that I can recall''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
SAFETY FIRST

From the St. Louis Times.
 Reginald McKenna, chancellor of the British exchequer, announces that the war subscription to date reaches the staggering sum of s3,0Oo, ,00O. 900.
 Evidently the British would rather contribute than fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
Mississippi Creameries

Birmingham gets most of its egg SUD- ply at this season of the year from Ala bama. but the finest butter on this mar ket is shipped from Mississippi" said Carl H. Seals, who is engaged in the food brokerage business. Mississippi grass seems to give a peculiarly choice flavor to the butter. The creamery in- dustry in Mississippi has become very lsfge The Illinois Central is studded with creameries; and in addition to the high quality of the product high prices are obtained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
MIsINFORMED

From the Pittsbure Dispatch.
 Alabama has decided that the convict labor leasing System is "a cancer that must be cut oqt." but postpones the oper- etion until lssS Why?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

An aviatrix recently fell 5000 feet. and ns soon as she had recovered from hcr fright she announced that she would do the dip of death.'' The aviatlng mania is practically incurable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
ONE GOOn PoINT

From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
 By the time we get through making munitions for the Europeans we shall have a good working knowledge of how to make them for ourselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

An Italian prima donna Is reported to have subscribed handsomely to the Ital- ian war loan Being sure of her American public. she could afford 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
UNREASONABLE.

UNREASONABLE
 Young Mrs. Chubbins thinks preachers should be better paid. She says that if the Rev Dr. Grubbers received a larger salary he would not have spoiled her wedding.
 You surprise, me. What faux pas did Dr. Grubbers commit?"
 ''The wedding was a fashionable af- fair. you know. The street was damned with automobiles"
 Yes"
 church in a car that was 1912 model.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
INTERPRETED AND UNDEFILED

From the Savannah Morning News. Switzerland is ready to strike the
 moment her neutrality is violated. Sub marine warfare holds no terrors for the Swiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
OBJECTS OF PITY

From the Columbus Enquirer Sun.
 Alabama and Georgia are more to be pitied than censured. NIn addition to the extremely warm weather each state now has a legislature on its hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

The California Jsps could hardly be ex- pected to show more than an academic interest in the grand old Liberty Bell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
IMMArnRIAL NOW

From the Washington Star.
 The question of punishment of Harry Thaw for the killing of stanford White has practically disappeared from the ease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

President Wilson has not received a sim gle visitor while on his vacation How
 ever, the German situation has interfered
 with his game of golf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

If Edison can devise some way to wage war by merely pressing a button, he will confer great favor on the stay-at-homes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
WHAT IS EXPECTED

;~From the Talladega Home With the open Warrior river and Bir..
 mingham claiming to be a seaport, we are expecting sea, serpent story from that town any day now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

The fond hope that Harry Thaw would drop from public notice when he was set free will not be realized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

The honest working man. who takes advantage of his country's need to strike for higher wages Is not pinning any med als on himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

Battleships are disguised with |. mis- leading coat of paint and screens to hide their smokestacks, which makes them ideal sleuths of the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

Champ Clark reiterates that he is no, a jingo, but adequate national defense appeals to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
NO LONGER A JOKE
nickerbocker Press.

From the Knickerbocker Press. Thefe Is no longer any point about the joke of the whale fighting the elephant a war aeroplane has destroyed a sub marine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

John Bull has lost a great deal of his cocksureness, which is all the better for John Bull.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

While backward in some things, the Chi nese grafters are wide awake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
Hears Only of Good Crops

'I spent day in Greensboro and a day in Tuscaloosa recently, and found every body talking about the success of crop diversification." remarked F. P. Cheape, the esteemed life insurance man.
 All the food crops are being pro- duced on larger scale than I had inn agined. The boil weevil has not done much damage in the sections I visited but even If the cotton crop turned out to be failure, the other crops would make the farmers independent.
 hears only of good crops. I was told that this years corn crop is the largest and best ever raised in Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

In spite of its name, the Lake subr, rine Is strictly sea going vessel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

The summer resort that has Harry Tha " for visitor does not need any heiresses to stimulate business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
WE COULDN,T DO THIS

From the Owosso tMIch.) Argus.
 C. E. Rigley fell from his bicycle last night and ran over his hand. infiicting painful injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
BUILDING UP THE NAVY

The real truth about the war Is lost in maze of contradiction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

EFFECT OF THE HEAT. Perhaps because
 The weather's hot, Each day brings forth A German plot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
NEBRASKA'S GREATEST MAN

, only a little more than twice. The cX- act figures show that 25 years ago s402. 100000 worth of stuff was pro- duced on 6,S00,000 acres. In 1900 tho number of acres of improved land had grown to 11.470,000 and the value of the farm products had risen to $4S6.- 900, 900. But In 1910, the date of the last census. the farm products were worth $4 614, 900. 900, while the acreage culti- vated had increased only to 14,200.000. | The addition of more than &100. .000.- 900 a year every year for 10 yeass to the value of Nebraska's agricultural products proves beyond the faintcst
 shadow of shade of doubt t1Rat 1t pays l to study bugs.
 Professor Bruners fame is not local Argentina was being devoured by pest
 of locusts in 1897 and 1898. The govern
 ment of that country had heard of the Nebraska bug-hunter, and cabled to him to come and save the wheat. He went and conquered tho locusts as hc had vanquished the chinch bug of tho Nebraska farmers. He has told all about
 the locusts of Argentina and Paraguay
 and Peru in books that he has written
 and has also put into books some of the
 few things that he knows about insects
 In general. He is the author of an in-
 troduction to the study of agriculture. 1 as we'll as an introduction to the study
 Of bugs, though in these days of pesti-
 ferrous insects the layman might infer
 that both subjects should be included
 In one volume, or, at any rate, that the
 Introduction to the study of bugs was really an introduction to the pursuit of farming.
 l member of the committee which
 unanimously selected the entomoloRist
 has explained the choice by saying: Political fame, such as is possessed 1 by Bryan, is a bubble and fieeting True
 distinction only is lasting. That's why
 we decided Bruner was the most dis tingtiished man"
 i And when ope considers that every high school graduate is familiar with
 the fame of Hippocrates, but would be
 put to 1t to name ahy of the Bryans of
 the fifth ante domino century. one is
 persuaded that the committeeman
 speaks words of soberness and truth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
TO BE SURE.

'I see where suburbanite objects to the hoarse croaking of bullfrogs.'
 Well. what can he expectf If he lived in a pond all the time he would be hoarse. too"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

Evidence accumulates that Presideu, Yuan has mans size job
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

will make brief of 1t in my note
 book. Merry Wives of Windsor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
Did Not Prosper in Canada

q have travelled a great many miles since I left Birmingham about two years ago." said A. Roller, well known violinist who at one time played in the Hillman hotel orchestra.
 "I went from here to Jackson, Miss, and remained there for season, play ing in moving picture show. Last summer l went to- Canada for the pur- rose of growing up with the country I settled down in Prince Rupert, d new, bustling town of about 1000 pop ulation. My prospects seemed bright but I had not been there long when the European war started. Then my trouble began. am a native of Hun gary and that being so the Canadian detectives got busy They seemed to think l had come to Canada for sinister purposes. On one day three detectives visited my room and made a search Sentiment at Prince Rupert became SC excited against anyone of Hungarian or Teutonic blood that I concluded the Lest thing for me to do was to pack up and return to tn, states I like Bir- mingham and hope to find profession al work enough to Keep me here"
 Mrs. Mathis TaIks EnthusiasticsIiy
 'The genuine proof of the value of the Alabama crop diversification campaign held last spring and the organization o1 the crop diversification associations 1. now to be plainly seen, said Mrs. c. II Mathis of Gadsden. president of tho Alabama Crop Diversification association
 Instead of the enthusiasm dying ou, after the campaign closed and the farm CTS forgetting everything they had beer told the interest in the movement |. steadily increasing. and today in Ala. bama there are more food crops ap preaching harvest than ever before 1T the history of the state. The farmers have reduced their cotton acreaEe ant in its place you will see growing al kinds of grains. vegetables and fruit. which the farmer and his family can ea themselves this winter and live well no matter whether another cotton crisi. comes or not
 The same is true of live stock Tn, farmers are going after the cattle tick They are breeding blooded animals in stead of scrubs, and the day is fast. ap preaching when the enormous sum O money heretofore sent out of Alabama to other states for human food eacl year will stay here and the. tide in tim, will even turn the other way. for ther Is no reason why the farmers of Ala bama should not produce many times tn, amount of beef cattle. hogs, sheep grain fruits and vegetables that they nee, themselves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
RUMBLINGs FROM SOUTH CAROLINA From the Knoxville Journal and Trib-

Blease has been heard from again; he is threatening to be elected governor of south Carolina for secend term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. THE first citizen of Nebraska Is not
 politician with bug but man A of science who knows all about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

Selma Times: Birmingham is going to have pie factory, capitalized at s5000. This ought to help some.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-14
ELoQUENCE THAT WAS LOST
Woman With Grievance Had Elk
pressed Herself Well, but Hers
Was a Wasted Effort.

Determination writ large upon her
angry countenance, the mother of the
child who had been bitten by an Irish
terrier belonging to a neighbor (Mrs.
Green) gave an authoritative "rat-tat"
with the knocker at Mrs. Green's door.
The door was opened by a meek
looking, elderly woman, and the walls
OF the mothers wrath burst forth.
You're Mrs. Green, 1 s'pose," she
sneered. Green by name an green
by natur', l should call you, to keep
a feroshus animile like that there Irish
terrier-torial O. yourn, a-bitin' Of in
nercent children an a terrerizing the
whole neighbourhood. I'll have the
law of you! I'll make you pay! D'you
hear? I'll sue you for damages and
ave that 'orrible dog shot by Act of
Parlyment, ! will"
Then, as she paused for a moment
for breath, the old woman took a slate
and pencil, and said, in a mildly-apolo-
getic tone:
Very sorry, mum; but would you
mind writin' it all down? I'm stone
deaf.'-London Answers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-14
CHICAGO ORDERLY
WITHOUT SALOONS
Only is Arrests on First "Dry''
Sunday-PIay Houses Profit
-Roadhouses Prosper
Bars Lose $500, 600.

Chicago. Oct. 12.-closing saloons in
Chicago on Sunday for the, first time
in "A years resulted in the day passing
with the lowest crime record known
to the police department, Chief Of Po-
lice Healey announced today. Out of
the 1852 saloons in the city. only %
were found to have violated Mayor
Thompson's closing order, which be-
came effective yesterday.
Chicago. for the most part, stayed
at home. There was a marked in
crease. however. in theater attendance,
the movies" doing a rushing business.
Saloons in the suburbs. where the state
closing law was not enforced, received
an unusually brisk trade from auto
mobile parties.
There were only 16 arrests made for
drunkenness Yesterday and At on Sat
urday as compared with 243, the usual
number Of arrests for the two days.
Closing the saloons gave 10000 sa-
loon employees a day Of rest, it was
figured. Liquor interests pointed out
that the saloon keepers, collectively
lost nearly 100000 yesterday.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-14
Three KILLED WHEN
THRESHER COLLAPSES
Crushed Between Engine and
Tender When Metal Culvert
Gives Way Near Canton.

Canton, S. D.. Oct. 1.-Two men and
a boy were killed near here Saturday
evening when a thresher engine and
tender buckled. due to a metal culvert
giving away. The persons killed were
iding on a platform at tn rear Of the
engine.
h dead are John Lund, C. A. Can
ady and Mr.. Canady's 12-yar-old son.
They We're moving the t%hreshing APP
paratus to a new job and while cross
ing over "a culvert, near here, the metal
casing COLLAPSED under the weight Of
the engine. just as the real of the
engine and the front Of the tender
were on the culvert
AS the real wheels of the engine and
front wheels Of the tender droppe
down a short distance, the effect was
to crush the W. men and the boy.
who were standing on the deck be-
tween the engine and water tender.
Mr.. Ldnd was still alive when the
relief forces reached the men. but died
late Saturday night. Mr.. Canady and
his son were dead when found.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-14
FOUGHT TWO DAYS WITH
BAYONETS TO HOLD CITY

Budapest. Oct. IL, (via London).-
The Austrians and Germans encoun-
tered desperate resistance from the
Serbians at Belgrade and for two days
a terrible battle with bayonets ragged
In the streets before the capture of the
city was completed. Describing these
operations a dispatch says:
Our gain of ground and the breadth
of our march into Serbia continues to
increase. Despite all efforts of the
Serbians in whose ranks are British
officers, and who use British artillery.
the river crossing has been accomp-
lished, according to the plan made.
The enemy attempted with all
means at his disposal to hold his lines
Of defense. Though he subjected those
of our troops who crossed the river to
a murderous fire, the latter neverthe-
less. succeeded in attaining Serbian
territory.
"A severe battle ragged about Bel
grade, where Serbians offered partic-
ularly bitter opposition. Nevertheless.
we succeeded in reaching the newly in
stalled connections over the Save and
invaded the northern portion Of the
city, where our troops remained until
reinforcements arrived.
"a bloody battle followed in the
alleys. In the northern part of Bel
grade a terrible cou with bay
onets ragged for two days and nights
The Serbians were pushed back step
by step in these fights and finally had
to surrender the whole city"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-14

fault, so I took Dodd's Kidney Pills.
They were the means of saving my
life"
Dodd's Kidney Pills, SOC per box at
you dealer, or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab
lets for Indigestion have been proved,
50c per box. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and
recipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent
free.-Adv.