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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

The farmers of Lauderdale county are
the most prosper GUS in the state. They
raise enough cotton to supply them with
al. the ready cash they need, and grow
enough food products to supply the fam
lily larder, and to feed the stock. Hog and
hominy is the watchword.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

Colbert county is one of the best agri-
cultural counties in the sta,e. Anything
IT, at grows can be raised on the land
in this county, and Investigation advo-
Gates experienced no difficulty in this sec
ton, as already the farmers had learned
that the one-crop idea was obsolete.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

boro: Hon Robert Lee Glenn, Flor
.ence; Hon. Walter C. Black, Troy.
The present faculty of the Florence
Normal school:
Henry J. Willingham. president; f.
A. Henry, secretary; Susan Jones
Price, geography and biology; Janet
Collier Simpson. English: Susan Kirk
man Vaughn, history; Frank Taylor
Nfsbet, manual arts, Carlotta Forbes
Burt, principal model training school;
Cora F. Bratton, pedagogy; Gabrielle
Knight, public school music; w. r.
Harrison, mathematics; Arthur Eu-
gene Wood, physics and chemistry;
William Wardlaw Benson, rhetoric and
compositions John Thomas Mckee, ag-
riculture and rural sociology; Cora
Pearson, model training school, lam
guage: Ida Corinne Nelly, domestic
science and art; Sue Green, assistant
in domestic science and art: Mrs. An
ME Lee Gibson, housekeeper and SUI
pervisor of foods
MAINTENANCE
Each of the four Glass normal schools
of Alabama receives from the state an
nually maintenance fund of s20,00O They
have no other income. The attendance at
Florence as noted above is a fair average
with that of other normal schools
throughout the United States. The statis-
tical report of the national commissioner
of education at Washington shows that
the annual support received by all the
normal schools throughout the United
States, on the average, is nearly $4,000
for maintenance The income at Flor
ence, therefore, is barely one-third of the
general average for normal schools of like
kind and of like attendance. An earn
est effort was made by the friends of this
institution to secure from the present leg
islature an appropriation increasing the
annual maintenance fund, but the condi-
ton of the state treasury makes it i'm
possible for the increase to be secured
A number of students find ways of
earning a part of the necessary money to
attend the normal school at Florence.
Last year at the close of the session it
was found after an investigation that the
students had earned during the session
nearly $4,000 in the various ways offered
for extra work in the town of 1000 inhab-
itants. The girls in the dormitory serve all
the tables in the dining room, some of
them work in stores and shops on Satur-
days, while a number of the young men
find various and sundry employment on
Saturdays and after school.
Florence seeks only men and women of
strong mentality and high ideals who are
willing owork and who, in fact, recog-
nze honest labor of any kind as highly
honorable.
No girl is allowed to be graduated until
she has made her own graduating dress
with it's trimmings and kept cost within
sum total of S.. Last commencement
the average cost of the girls graduating
dresses was a little less than 81.
AS an evidence that the policies pursued
in the Florence Normal school are highly
acceptable to the public a condition not
very common to the south has been de-
veloped: The problem of Florence is not
- -
which applicants are most worthy of be-
ing received within limitations made pos
sible by the schools capacity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

The oldest normal school in the south
is located in Florence, and DIR. II. J.
Willingham, president, is one of the most
noted educators in the south. He has been
of wonderful aid in the schools growth
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
FLORENCE NORMAL is
OLDEST IN THE SOUTH
CONTINUED from Page Eight

boro; Hon. Robert Lee Glenn, Flor
ence; Hon. Walter C. Black, Troy.
The present faculty of the Florence
Normal school:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
Summary
 OF THE w ar News

'
 Russian lines are holding we'll immediately to the north of War saw, where the greatest force of the Teutonic move against the Polish capital is, seemingly, be- ing exerted, according to the lat est statement from Petrograd.
 Attacks by important forces'' west of the river Orzyc have been repulsed with heavy losses, the Russians claim, and in sections where gains were made by the Germans there further advance was arrested. \ Withdrawal of the Russian forces between the Pissa and Orzyc rivers to new lines along the Narew in the face of General Won Hindenburgs attacks is ad- nitted by Petrograd.
 Continuation of the German advance in CourIand also is con sidered. Increasing import ance is attached by military ob- servers abroad to this movement in the Baltic provinces.
 Field Marshal Won sMackenzen's army that swept through Galicia is giving signs of renewed ac- tivity in pursuance of the assum- ed plan of9kdgsTeutonic forces te attack E7Td1EE3neouSly all along the sweeping BOG mile front from the Baltic toTBesarabia. Unoffi- cial reports through Geneva de- clare that at the lower end of this line the Austr1ans troops who crossed the gDneister have been driven backs to the other bank where their retreat is being turn ed into a rout
 Fighting on the AustroItalian front has resulted in few recent changes of position, according to the latest report from Rome. Numerous attacks by the Aus trians on the Italian advanced positions are reported, all of which are declared to have been repulsed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
Cunard Line and Captain Cleared For
 Lusitania Disaster
Continued from Page l


 Baron Mersey found that Captain Turner was fully advised by the Brit iSh Admiralty as to the best course to follow and added that in some re- spects he did not follow these out. The court pointed out, however that the admiralty instructions were not intended to prevent Captain Turner from exercising his individual judg- nent and that his failure to follow the a.dniralty's advice to the letter was no reason for blame.
 The reduction of the Lusitania's speed from 24k to 21 knots still left the vessel faster than any other boat on the Atlantic, said Baron Mersey, and he found there was no reason to blame the Cunard captain for this economy during war times.
 Relative to the admiralty instruc- tions the court said this phase of the inquiry was in camera and that it would be contrary to public interest to discuss 1t.
 Baron Mersey said in part,
 '''The captain of the ship, MT. Thonn- as Turner, gave his evidence truthful Iy and we'll. [ am quite satisfied that the two captains and the officers are competent men and that they did their duty Captain Turner remained on the bridge till he was swept into the sea and Captain And was work ing on deck until he went overheard and was drowned
 The court here praised Leslie N. Morton, a member of the crew, who shipped at New York, acting as extra lookout man at the time the Lusitania was torpedoed.
 / MT. Morton was only a young man, Lord Mersey, said, ''but he seems to have exerted great se1f-possession and resource He was the first to observe the approach of the torpedoes and be- fore they had touched the ship he had reported them to the bridge by means of te1ephone.''
 Though knocked of his feet when a torpedo hit the Lusitania and later having to swim for ~his life. Lord Mersey said the youth aided by a member of the crew named Parry. righted col1apsib1e boat and was in- strumental in saving nearly a hundred lives.
 The court here analysed the passen- ger list, giving the saved and lost by sex and nationality and commenting dn the lack of general panic, added:
 Some passengers attempted to as- sist in launching the boats, and in my opinion they did more harm than good. It is. however, quite impossible to impose any blame to them. The cargo consisted of general kind, but part was ammunition This ann munition was slowed well forward part on the upper decks and part on the lower, about 50 feet from the part where the torpedo struck the ship.''
 Lord Mersey then reiterated that the Lusitan1a carried no masked guns nor troops. The warnings issued by Germany before the ship left New York, he found. only aggravated the crime of her sinking
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
NEWS ALONG
 THE BEACHES
tBy the Night watcnman.J

7f
 The Roll Elm Cottage at Myrtle Beach was burned to the ground dur ing the winter. It belonged to Thomas and Captain Rearton of Bridgeport but was supposed to be vacant during the winter. Evidently tramps were living there and set fire to it. The loss Is estimated at about $15.eO.
 The baseball game at Silver Sands between the married and single men was played last Saturday and resulted in a victory for the married men, Fea- lures of the game were the. heavy hit ting Of Jack Sexton for the married men and great running catch by Sleds Coyle for e-sIne1e men.
 Tom Sullivan ,4 of AnSonia and Bridgeport has opened this cottage Tine Trimmer. at Meadows End. Tom is as popular at sAhe end as in his home town
 o1y and Gaby Murphy are guests at the All In cottage at Walnut Beach.
 Harold O, Dow of Bridgeport is 1o- cated at the Cooper Hotel at Silver Sands. Harold no doubt will be heard from at a later date
 Miss Agnes Mccarthy of -Ansonia was a week end guestNat Silver Sands.
 Harry F. Quinn and family of Bridgeport and John Sexton and fam fly are registered at the Cooper Hotel. Silver Sands
 Tom Rsardon and Earl Rohde of Bridgeport have taken the Needle Got tage at Myrtle Beach for the, summer, Tom and Earle are both well known advertising men
 Cap. G1ennon of Hartford is resting quietly at the Hoted de Gink at Myrtle beach as the guest of Judge whaley and Cap Reardon.
 James s. Coyle of NeW York the well known representative of the Elec- ric Cable Co. is spending the sum mer at Silver sands James and hiz purely English mode of dress are cer- tainly the attraction We trust he will remain
 Al Burdick. Joe Waters, Joh1 Bowling and a crowd of regular boys are at spendthrift Cottage, Myrle Beach
 Miss Violet Sullivan of Ansonia. is tc arrive at her fathers summer home next Saturday. She will have as he1 guests two of her schoolmates, Miss Gladys Reardon and Miss Nora Mic Cam The dance given by Miss Su1li- van last Labor Day will long live 1T the memory of the people throughoui this section-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
RUSSIANS REPORT AUSTRIAN DEFEAT
 ON VlSTULA LINE


 Geneva, July 17.--The Tribune prints the following despatch from it's core spondent:
 '.The Austro-Hunga forces which attempted to dislodge the Russians from positions along the Vistula river have been repulsed with heavy loss. The Russian, attacking in turn, occu- pied a mile of the Austrian trenches. The Russian batteries which have ar rived and which have been posted on the Sereth river, have begun to bonn gard the passage across the Dneister river south of Zalesczcyky. obliEing the Austrians to re-cross the river. Their retreat is being converted into a route by Russian bayonet attacks. Hast of Horodenlza the Austrians occupying the left bank of the Dnets- ter have been diszodged after a fierce hand to hand struggle.
 "On the Stripas river the Russians have succeeded in temporarily arrest ing the Austrian ofEenSive.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
DANIELS PREPARES STATEMENT ABOUT
 ADVISORY BOARD

Washington, July 17-Secretary Dan iels today announced that he would is- sue a statement Monday developing his plan for a civilian naval advisory board of which Thomas A Edison IS to be the head.
 While the secretary declined in ad- vance to say definitely what the state meth contained, it was believed that it would include the names of some of the noted inventors and technical ex- ports who will be invited to serve on the advisory board with MT Edison
 Secretary Daniels will ask Congress at it's forthcoming session to approve a. plan for navy experimental work on a much more extensive scale than ever before attempted, adoption of Which he believes ultimately will place the United States in. lead of the world in making sea warfaEe. The plan which includes establishment of a laboratory of experimentation probably will be prepared by the new advisory council in conference with navy officers and officials.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
Official
 VIEWS OF Worlds War
ITALIAN

Rome, July IA statement given out at the Italian army headquarters. signed by Lieut. General Count Cador- na and dated July 16. reads as follows:
 ''In the upper Vale CaTnonica the enemy, having advanced through the venerodo1oI and Brocio Passes made an attack in force against our posi-. tions near Refug1o GaItbaldi, but was; repuIsed with loss. leaving few pris- oners in our hands.
 ''Our troops after driving back the adversary, occupied the two passes. at a height of more than 10000 feet.
 'In Carnia, the enemy. profting by fog ana darkness, made during the afternoon and evening of July 14 two determined attacks on Mount CogIiano and Mount Pizzo AVostano. Both at tacks were repulsed. The eneuays8 loss was Ss dead, including one officer.
 ''Tn the Isonzo region the situation at Preppipaphy is unchanged. The enemy, by small attacks, especially at night and by heavy artillery fire. has continually sought to cause us losses, to hamper our slow advance, ana above all. to force our batteries to re- ply and thus reveal our losses"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
SUBMARINE FREIGHT WILL
 BE SALVATION OF ENGLAND:
 LAKE DEVISES NOVEL PLAN
Inventor of Undersea Graft Tells How British Isle May Be Furnished With Foodstuffs From America By Use of Mine Lanes in Ocean.

will run from the United States across the ocean.
 .'The submarine traffic will be safer than the other. Hostile submarines will be virtually helpless against them because they dare not come to the surface in the fear of exposing their periscopes to the fire of the aerop1anes that will protect the ap- proach of the freighters to the shore
 Secret landing places will be main tained on the English shore. Lanes of mines will run for a. great dis tance into the water surrounding the country and only the captains Of t5l0 freight-carrying submarines will know how to pass through them un1 harmed. Approaching the shore, af- ter the cross ocean trip, the subnar- ines will be warned by code signals either from the shore or asroplaness notifying the captain where is safest to land. where hostile slIbnar- ines lie, and what, if any changes have been made in the travel lanes
 Aircraft vii protect the approach- Hostile submarines, helpless to light underwater, will not appear on the surface because of this danger
 It will not be long before the moth err submarine is a reality, if the war continues, according to MT. Lake. The mother" submarine, as discussed by the navy department, is a ship come
  which will carry supplies from a base to the submarines engaged in warfare l or scouting. The plan will be not only practicable but necessary, according to MT. Lake.
 Apropos the Edison battery Of the efficiency of which MT. Daniels is so sanguine, MT. Lake declared that one has already been installed in a new Lake submarine that is being built ac- cording to Lake specifications at the navy yards in Portsmouth. \. H
 The Edison battery, according to MT Lake, has the advantage of being lighter than the ordinary type and it ldoesn't develop chlorine gas when it comes in contact with salt water Chlorine gas has sometimes proved fatal to submarine sailors.
 As far as known, the Lake subrna- rine@ I-s, which is building at Ports mouth under the supervision Of Lake engineers, is the first in which one of these batteries as been installed. Be- sides it's advantages in the matter of i gas elimination, the battery is expect ed to give the submarines wider cruis- ling radius
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17

Freight-carrying submarines, run ming across the Atlantic Ocean from the United. States to England, will be common, and absolutely necessary to the life of Great Britain, if the war in Europe last two years, accord ing to a prediction of Simon Lake, submarine inventor, expressed today to The Farmer.
 England<s sustenance will depend entirely upon such ships, according to the belief of MT. Lake. Hostile craft will so cut off all surface ap- preach by water to England that un- dervater travel across the ocean will be imperati tive. he declared
 Mir Lake was asked his opinion of the statement made by Secretary Jo- SC ;,hus Eanie1s of tho Navy depart ment, that the United States govern ment is giving serious consideration, to the plan for a mother" submarine, to carry supplies from a, base to un- dersea boats engaged in fighting.
 i.'The plan is entirely practicable '' declared MT. Lake.
 '@Three or four years ago I suggest ed a proposition to a Cana dian rai.. way whereby t1Jey could carry freight and passengers in submarines under the ice on the Pacific. They wanted tc get to some islands off the coast, which were open on the ocean side bl.t frozen in on the side tuWard the coast.
 tSThe plan WaSne Ce Ser1OuSly cOnSlo- cred then. It was said that it was just another crazy scheme. Neverthe- less it was and if entirely practicable.
 eff this war in Europe lasts much longer that's what England will have to do. Vessels will be unable to ap- proach with supplies, on the surface. and dependence will have to be plac- ed on reight-carrying submarines 1 Asked. how soon, in his opinion England would be reduced to that extremity, Mr. Lake asserted that if the war lasts two years, the freight carrying submarine will be her only resource As she depends largely on this country for supplies and later will be almost entirely dependent up- on the United States, Mir. Lake pro- phesies that submarines travel across the ocean will be common.
 esW'hen her enemies wipe out Eng lands merchant vessel travel. as it 1 inevitably will if the war continues two more years, all her supplies will have to be obtained by the, under 1 water route. Submarines that may l be built any size, acco1 ding to need,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
HUGE ICE BERG
 HITS STEAMER;
 CRUSHING BOWS

Montreal, July 17-Wdth bows crushed in, the steamer Agenoria craEvled into this port today. Sunday morning she crashed into an iceberg while running through the Straits of Belle Isle.
 Ninety bergs were sighted in the narrow passage, but the one that the vessel struck, although 100 feet high, was not seen through the fog until it Ioomed up 30 feet dead ahead. Then it was too late.
 The steamer is a vessel of 2,977 tons gross register. is 330 feet long and was built in 1902. flies the British flag and is owned by Dickinson & Sons, of West
 Iart1epool, Eng.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
CITY PLANNERS TO STAY AT WORK FOR
 ABOUT l2 MONTHS
Members of Commission Have Money and Ideas
 That will Last a Year.

.gThe C1Hy Plan commission has a fund zu1mc1ant to carry out every con trz1t>f 1t has made declared President Charles D. Dayiss president of the commission. today, refuting a story to the efnect tnaz the funds of the com mission had all been used and the work of the commission was about to cease President Davis intzuaated that, the work outlined by the commission win take abouz one year more to com p1eta-
 .T1ae money appropriated by the city has all been used, MT Davis said. ssbnt the commission sti1 has funds Attorney Williams was engaged by the commission some time ago. It. was not necessary in our plan of things for him to come to Bridgeport until the other day We will have. in due time a coragsaete report or as complete a re- port as it is possible to make in this ever growing ever changing city
 ! aassCaar u1srblezn is a. physical one We are anticipating what are to be the great arter1es of travel in the years to come and how we may best provide to make them adequate. So far we have made only one definite sugges- ton and that was on the new SfFat- ford Aver41e bridge at the request of the bridge c01nn1ission- The neWspa- pers credited us with making rec ornmendatl0n for the widening of John street but they were wrong. We made DO recommend ati0n on John street. john lyuien our advisory expert, said
 e wanted time to consider all condi- Hons that would result before he made any recommendations We have money enough left to complete OUT contract wfth MT No7en and with everyone else We have contracted with -''
 Asked if he thought more mony might be obtained by private suaoscrip- fton. President Davis said he did not know but that it is possible that soma ! d5tizens who are interested in the work might cara to subscrjsoes at present the commission does not intend to so- lzcit funds President Davis said that the cost of 1nsking the survey was earefu11y considered before any con- tsaets were made so that it might not Ben in excess of the funds at the dis rosa1 of the commission
 The commission was granted $5,00o hy the city Of Bridgeport to begin the work and had in addition $3,8oO that was raised by prfvabe subscription Most of this last amount is still in- tact in the hands of the commission The commission asked the beard o1 apportfonment for $5,oOo more this year but their request was refused
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
PATRICK H. FHaz1=EY.

The many friends andArelatives of Patrick H. Feeley will be, greatly grieved to learn of his death which oc- cured at an early hour to-day at his late residence Ss Waller Place. He was one of the best known Irish Cath olic residents of this city having been an almost life long active member of the community.
 He is survived by his wife. Mary Coates, one daughter, Katherine, wife of Frank Green and one son, Herbert, of 39 Waller Place of this city, also one brother, James, of this city; and Rose, Nellie and Mary Lynch, step sisters, and one step brother, Thomas Lynch.1sa2ro of Brooklyn, New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
STOCK MARKET

New York, July 17-Opening- New high records were scored by a number of war shares almost at the outset of today's trading. Cruel ble steel was again the foremost feature, advancing over six points in the first half hour with a gain of five points for the prefe erred. New rna1inlums also were made by Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Common and prefer red, Baldwin Locomotive and General Motors. Pacific Mail sold at it's highest price. in years on rep outs pointing out the advantageous dis posa1 of that property. U. s.. Steel with Q. sale of 3,oo0 shares at a trih- ing gain. Other prominent stocks including railways, were irregular. of U. S. Steel, which rose to 67, the ulative favorites were swept aside again today while the various other specialttes were pushed forward to new record breaking quotations. Chief among them was CrucibIe Steel, which made an early gain of over six points, with five points for the preferred. Gains of three to six points were reg istered by Bethlehem Steel, S1oss- Shef1elyd Steel, Republic Steel, Gen. eral Motors and some of the more ob- scure 1ndustria1s, including AT1ys- Chalmers common and preferred Union, Pacific and AmalgamatedI Cop per- Recessions of one to two points from the high level occurred later The closing was strong. Bonds were steady
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-17
CHARLES PUIIlAN

The funeral Of Charles Pu1lan, who died on "Wednesday, was held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from his late residence, 158 Burroughs street. Rev Gilbert R. Underhi1l, assistant rector of Trinity Episcopal church. con nducted the services. which were attended by
 many relatives and friends of the deceased. Delegations were present from the P. T. Barnurn lodge. Knights of Pythias, and from the Magma Charta lodge, Sons of St. George, and both representations exempiif1ed their rituals at the grave in Isakeyiew cem- etery. N La