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Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-06-04

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when it is said they begun
4 hanag and abusing Gaulden and
and y started toward Gauldep,
~ uSpiormant states, with an
hanrg knife. At this iuncture
ID commenced shooting,
Mr' five shots, four OF which
MaEtln8 wild, however, and one
caplEal glancing off at the side and
alraon a slight flesh wound.
oinlns'ierce and Dortch, and the
. Dbrtch boys. it is said, all
ampep on Gaulden, whom was
hrowh or knocked down. Gauld-
sn then called to John Stewart,
who was nearby, to pull the men
oli him, and..Stewart pulled Pierce
0 Gaulden, when the latter dealt
Pierce a blow over the forehead
With the pistol, which Gaulden
still heldin his hand, telling Pierce
10 bis knees. Gaulden saw a
chance to save himself by running
and ran nearly home, followed by
big adversaries.
Gaulden received in the melee
hye severe cuts on the head one
hiking the top Of the ear off and
mother long cash down his cheek.
pr. Jones was called from Latham
and dressed the wounds of both
men.
No arrests have been made, and
II is understood the belligerents
have agreed not to carry the mat
ter into the courts.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-06-04

leaning feature Of the days exercises will be the showing
the Battle of Gettysburg in moving pictures the Kozy
whce all the old soldiers will be admitted free charge
admission will be charged to others who wish the show which
cost 5000 to produce
The Enterprise whave NICE appropriate souvenir every
old soldier calling at this office.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-06-04
COUNTY TENNESSEE, JUNE 4, 1915
)nurnent tObe Unveiled.

glow is published the official program fthe unwilling
ed here Monday next While there have been
changes the program in the main will be carried given
The Daughters of the Conderacy preparing quite nice
for the entertainment Of those who visit Dresden next
anu ese5s w ~ 10 nce unner ree o.
the circuit court and procure badge which will
4ASs MI H. to the dining ball.
Qy and girl in Dresden, under thirteen years of age
V ASSEMBLE in the courtyard this friday afternoon
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-06-04

$Ol bu6 CrOpi GULF
c015Imal, is estimated at
cent, This compares
pi.3 per cent. on May Is,
e od stands are quite generally
w 9orted, much less than the
4 i1al replanting having been
1ecessaFy, This fact is attributed
to recent general and somewhat
heavy rains. These rains, on the
other hand, have retarded cultiva-
ton to a certain extent and grass
and weeds are getting a start.
They are also largely responsible
for a lateness Of some two weeks
in the crop.
Soil preparation is fairly salts
factory. Notwithstanding that it
was necessarily made hurriedly,
owing to the lateness of spring.
This lateness Of the season has
resulted in a more uniform stage
of Advancement as planting was
confined to shorter period. In
eastern states and other sections
where fertilizers are used, the
amount Of commercial fertilizers
has been heavily curtailed, proba-
bly, to the extent Of nearly half Of
the amount used last year.
Furthermore, the quality has been
greatly reduced by the absence Of
potash from its makeup.
Condition and decrease in
acreage by states are as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 H ROM the teeming brain of our
 genial and energetic Secretary of A the Navy, the Hon. Josephus Daniels, sprang, full-armed, the glorious word: Mobilize the inventors!" In the exuberance of the creative moment he forgot the patent office. the multitude of seekers and finders of the patentable or unpatentable idea, the slaves of per- petual motion. the breeders on strange devices and machines, nation of invcn- tors. Any Connecticut county would fur nish enough budding Eli Whitneys to swamp the Washington hotels. So MT. Eariels had to fall back on the repre- sentative system, to choose committee, a board, delegates of the great army of still longing for active service in building our bulwarks, our towers upon the deep. CUT undersea and overair defenses and offenses. But the mobilization idea has begotten another. Another host of inven- tors is called to the colors.
 AS every student of contemporary American literature knows, Mrs. Daniels Old North state raises more verse to the square inch and per capita than any other +, the union Mr. Daniels himself If his history or legend says sooth. toyed in his youth with the tangles of the Muse 8 hair. At any rate, he has the tempera- ment. the quick sensibility, the fancy and imaginatioR the love of rotund. purple phrase. the gleam, the glory, the en- thusiasm. even the rapt ardent linea- ments of the born bard. Raleigh and his News and Observer are a nest of nightin-
 gales. Charlotte and it's Observer are the chief opposition school. The Mecklen- burg Declaration of Independence, Pot Licker and Hogs Jowl." the Beauties ot Blowing Rock" hundred themes, patri- otic domestic, amorous. keep the Tar Heel troubadours busy overtime. Well. one of these writes from Raleigh: "The poet is the greatest (and worst paid) of inventors. He is a maker Why should he sing in obscurity? Why moi demonstrate? Most of us are volunteers anyway, at present. My word to my brethren in North Carolina and every other state is: Mobilize the poets. Gather, form, move on the publishing
 works. Let the mute, ipglorious' bt  heard and known! Let us study and in
 vent a New PoetrN Let us provide fol
 better protection against publishers readers In union is strength. I sum.
 mon the poets of America to meet. t
 mobilize to invent, to confer Mobilize ] in Indianapolis. If I said Raleigh i
 might look like this was a sectional move ment. It is not. It Is national Poets
 of America, mobilize! If there are tot
 many millions of you, do like MT. Dan
 iels. Select representatives I see 2 l grand muster of minstrels, a nationa
 review. training ground, of poets. Pas:
 the good word along. MT. Times. Don print my name please, l am not adver l tising."
 We pass. Such a mobilization would ! be instructive. Locally. it is scarcel,
 necessary. Indeed. the prosaists would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
JUDGE LINDSEY AND HIS FOES

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 It is not at all surprising that Judge Ben Lindsey has been again stung in des- peration by the malignant persecution to which he has been subjected by his ene- mics in Colorado, but his friends will hope that his recent vehement outburst. when he threatened to take a gun to the next slanderer who assailed him, will not be translated into action. As the Public Led ger has on a similar previous occasion pointed out, Judge Lindsey's strength in public regard lies in his resolute perform ance of his duty in the face of an oppo- sition which would have discouraged most men. He will forfeit that regard should he make the mistake of attempting to take the law into his own hands There are limits, indeed, to human patience, wrongs to which no man of high spirit will submit without instant action, but Judge Lindseys position and the nature of the influences which have been arrayed against him call for different course of conduct than that which apply in ordi- nary cases. Nothing would better serve the sinister purposes of his enemies than the breakdown of the judicial reserve and strict adherence to the letter as well as the spirit of law which has been Judge Lindsey's citadel of strength. He will be too wise to give them the opening they seek for his undoing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
Northern HOmeseekera

This is a good time to reach out for northern homeseekers who would make Desirable settlers on the farm lands of the south," said Henry $. Dalton of Louisville.
 'The high price of cotton has caused the south to be particularly well adver- tised just now. and that fact and the success of the crop diversification move ment being pushed in many cotton states should make 1t comfortably easy to bring thousands of families of agricultural ex- perience to this section.
 "A year ago the south suffered from acute depression, but I doubt if greater optimism can be found in any agricultural state than in Alabama. I am told that the farmers and the country merchants are wonderfully buoyant.
 T was in Chicago and St. Paul recently and I heard much talk in those cities of Birmingham's industrial activity. This city seems to be more in the spot light now than ever before."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
Cotton and DiversificatiOn

The high price of cotton is adding large wealth to the south and the in dividual farmer who was fortunate enough to produce anything like a fair crop is jubilant at the prospect of seeing the staple bring 15 to Is cents before Christmas.
 Those cotton raisers who produced an abundance of foodstuffs so as to be independent of grain markets will be flush with money this winter; but in their elation over fancy prices the farmers of Alabama should not neg lect to practice crop diversification next year. An excellent start was made last spring. No campaign ever aroused greater enthusiasm than the diversification movement originating in the Chamber of Commerce of Bir- mingham. And the results have been greater even than had been hoped for. Let the good work continue, no matter whether or not an increased acreage is planted. What the cotton farmer should strive especially for next year is more yield to the acre. Alabama's ten-year average in cot ton has been 176 pounds to the acre. This year, according to ther govern ment estimate, the average is only | 148 pounds. In 1913 it was 190 pounds and in 1914, the highest record year, it was 209 pounds.
 Georgia and Mississippi in the average of ten years produced the same per acre-195 pounds. Texas has a ten-year average of only I'll pounds to the acre. North Carolina and South Carolina make the best records in production per acre. The former averaged in ten years 24C pounds; this year 248 pounds. The latter in ten years averaged 22a bounds; this year POS.
 Alabama, by intensive farming, can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
THE TOBACCO HUG

From the Louisville Herald.
 Thousands of dollars worth of tobacco has been destroyed yearly in this country by the ravages of the tobacco bug" which ruins the cigars by boring a tiny hole in them. Much ingenuity has been spent in the direction of battling with this insect. The electrical sterilization of the eggs of the beetle with a high-frequency current has proved intellectual, because the current follows the lines of moisture and leaves the eggs in the dry places practically unscathed, and in a condition to become destructive later.
 A special X-ray machine, constructed by Franklin Smith of Philadelphia is said to have shown itself to be thoroughly effectual in sterilizing the beetles eggs. At Tampa, Fla. about 800 cigars are treat ed by X-rays every minute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09

Secrets of the antique rug business were revealed in a recent damage suit in New
 York. brought by former salesman against firm of rug dealers. The sales man said that between the years 1905 and 1913 he sold ss8O,OOO worth of rugs for the deft adants, with the understanding that he was to receive l per cent commission and a salary of s25 a week. The salary was admitted, but the agreement to pay any commission was denied. During the testimony it was brought out that one rug which had been bought in France for s16 was brought to New York and sold for S12,o0c Another rug bought in Eng land for $250 was sold in New York for S150OO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
Interest the Children

The people of Dallas county, Mis- souri, evidently do not live in glass houses, for they have just held a stone-throwing contest. Neither have the birds and squirrels been the vic tims of the stone throwing.
 Rocks abound in Dallas county Roads are rough with them, making riding in wagon or carriage a test of endurance. Youngsters appear at the little schoolhouses with stubbed toes and stone bruises.
 But this is being changed and the youngsters are largely responsible for it. Under the direction of the road engineer and county superintendent the school children of the county, with their friends and parents, are holding all-day picnics, at which the chief form of amusement is the gathering together of stones from roadways and school playgrounds. The stones are thrown in piles and prizes are given to the boy or girl collecting the largest pile of rocks. Farmers are donating the use of wagons and teams to haul the stones away.
 The Missouri county referred tc may have rocky road to civic i'm provement and beauty, but it if tackling it's problem in the right way Many hands make light work" ant with practically every family inter ested in the undertaking, success il assured.
 Practically every county, communit!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
Airship Detection

Edward F. Chandler has invented system of harbor defense that is now being tested by the United States gov ernment. He is also credited with the invention of the electric torpedo steer ing gyroscope. Not satisfied with these important contributions to mod ern warfare, he announces the perfec- ton of plan for detecting airships at long range by microphones, which he thinks would render London immune from Zeppelin attacks. The micro plone is already in use to detect sub marines, and it would seem compara- lively a simple matter to make simi- lar use of them for locating enemy vessels in the air.
 The present system for detecting hirships has many disadvantages and Is quite fallible, as shown by the re- peated raids made on English territory ey the Germans. On a dark night when fogs and clouds obscure the sky a Zeppelin can only be located by sound and when heard is already close enough to drop bombs. Aeroplanes, which have been depended on as the Burest means of defense, can do noth- ing until their prey is located. At present airships can easily avoid being detected by searchlights by remaining above the clouds until ready to swoop down and do their work.
 The details of Mir. Chandler's in- age person to understand, but in view of the marvels that scientists have al- ready accomplished in telegraphy and telephony, the microphone would ap- pear to be the most obvious way to locate airship's propellers. A noise- less Zeppelin would, of course, make detection by the microphone impossi- ble.
 MT. Chandler's invention is quite complicated, but he claims that by its use he can not only detect an airship's presence in the sky, but by the va riance of the effect of the vibration of the airship's propellers on separate microphones can locate it's position SC exactly that it can be fired at with. put the use of searchlights.
 The submarine has "had it's teetf pulled" and now the Zeppelin seem. destined to share the same fate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
Let's Have Five Commissioners

Birmingham has been governed for four years by commission of three, but on Monday next the voters will decide whether or not the number shall remain at three or be increased to five.
 Let's have a commission of five. When the commission form of gov ernment was first established three members were deemed sufficient. That number seemed to conform to an ideal system of administration, but communities, like individuals, profit by experience.
 Having tried the three-commis- sioner form the people are believed to be, by decided majority, in favor of the change to five.
 The five-commissioner bill, passed by the legislature subject to ratifi- cation by the voters at the polls, has several distinctive features, chief of which is the concentration of ad- ministrative authority in the presi- dent of the board. In this respect, therefore, the new measure would be an approach to the general manager plan, which is already in operation in many cities and which is rapidly gain ing supporters in all sections of the country.
 An objection is raised that the five commissioner bill, if it becomes oper- ative, would make of the head of the commission czar. But not so. The other four commissioners by con- certed action could override the presi- dent in anything he might do or pro- pose to do. Moreover, the people will always have the right of recall.
 On Monday only one candidate for the commission is to be elected. If the five-commissioner proposition car ries, then another election will be held in December to choose the addi- tional two members.
 Every qualified voter should reg ister his choice of plan. It is hoped, therefore, that an exceptionally large vote will be boiled and that the ma ,jority for the five system will be over whelming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
As to General Agencies

up to few years ago nearly all the northern concerns that maintain general agencies in the south had es- tablished them in Atlanta, but I see that Birmingham has now many such agencies said w. P. Charlton of Chi cago.
 Tt used to be that we northern peo- pie knew only Atlanta as an impor- tant distributing poInt. That was natural. As far back as the eighties. before Birmingham was on the map, so to speak, Atlanta was beginning to fill up with general agencies. But now that Birmingham is big city-about Atlantas size-it is attracting atten- tion as a particularly desirable loca- tion for general agencies. It being more central than Atlanta, and having g splendid office buildings and splendid hotel accommodations, it will soon be recognized as the hub of the south, not only geographically, but commercially
 q predict that in three or four years from now Birmingham will have sew eral more office buildings and every one of them filled"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
THE CoCKNEY IN THE COUNTRY

THE CoCKNEY IN THE COUNTRY From Tit-Bits.
 By name Bill Brown, he was Londoner born and bred, but he salled forth into the country in search of work. In due time he met farmer, and into his sym pathetic ear poured forth his request for a job.
 ''All right said the man of acres, just round up those sheep. and get 'em all into the fold. When you've done that I'll find you another job"
 Two or three hours later a weary. tat tered form presented itself at the farm CTS door. It was the Londoner, wet with precipitation and weak from exhaus- ton.
 You've been a mighty long time!" thundered the farmer. "Wha1p have you been doing?"
 You come and see. sir" requested Bill Brown. The farmer did as he was told .and duly appeared at the fold. Looking over the high, close fence he noticed a hare penned up among the sheep. and asked the reason. What that little 'unT' asked Bill. Why he's the beggar who gave me all the trouble"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
Optimism in Industrial Field

Rogers, Brown & Co.,, in their Cin- cinnati report just issued, say in part: "The Amalgamated Association of Op- timists might be the title of the gigan- tic combination which appears to have been formed by the pig iron. coke and steel producers and consumers. This organization. whose roll call is an- swered from coast to coast and gulf to border. seems to have escaped the mo- tice of the gimlet-eyed agents of the government But should this assoca- tion be investigated, it is not likely that any prosecution would follow, for, great as 1t appears to be, there is little likelihood of it's being considered a monopoly. Apparently optimism can not be cornered these days
 "It Is difficult to locate the head of the association, but the Birmingham district contains many of the leaders. The furnace men now operating there have very firm and progressive views as to prices, and several of their neigh | bors, formerly idle, are rapidly getting into position to blow in their stacks. Last Friday saw another rise in Jack son county silveries and the order books of the producers in that district are so comfortably filled that further advances are imminent. The furnace men in the Chicago district. who have
 been inclined to hold back, now seem
 to realize that better things are ahead
 and are anxious to keep in line with
 other districts. Southern Ohio, Cleve- land, the valleys, Buffalo and the rest continue in the front rank of this as- sociation.
 This optimism is built on solid foun-
 dations. While many of the orders placed during the past week were fol moderate tonnages, the total was good
 Shipments continued encouragingly ant
 many inquiries are out for future bust
 ness. Buffalo is reported to have solo l15,000 tons for shipment to Italy,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
sTORK BUSY IN OHIO

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 If there is any likelihood of the United States becoming involved in war the good old stork which brought 9S,69S babies to Ohio during 1914, is not yet "wise'' to the fact.
 The males numbered 5O,442 and the fe- males 4S,256. It has long been firm be- lief that war always was preceded and followed by heavy increase in the num- Der of male children. The 1914 figures are normal. There were 1929 negroes, Chi nese, Japanese and Indians. . The counties that have increased in pop ulation have more male children than fe- male, but those which are declining in population have more female children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
A Good Suggestion

The Baltimore Manufacturers Rec ord suggests to the members of the Anglo-French finance commission that they make a trip through the cen- tral south, centainly as far down as New Orleans" It is capital sugges- ton. As the Record says, the com missioners would in that way come in direct contact with the life of this section from the viewpoint of the cot ton growers, the cotton buyers and the bankers better than they can under stand the situation simply from the viewpoint of New York.
 A general invitation might be ex- tended through the Southern Develop ment and Settlement organization, of which s. Davies Warfield of Baltimore is president, and civic bodies in the principal cities might follow it up.
 It is worth the effort, at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
IN THE HIGHLANDS

By Robert Lewis Stevenson. In the highlands, in the country places, Where the old plain men have rosy faces, And the young fair maidens Quiet eyes; Where essential silence cheers and
 blesses, And for ever in the hill recesses Her more lovely music Broods and dies. O to mount again where erst I haunted Where the old red hills are bird en->
 chanted, And the low green meadows Bright with sward; And when even dies, the million-tinted And the night has come, and planeta
 glinted Lo! the valley hollow, Lamp-bestarred. o to dream, 0 to awake and wander There. and with delight to take and ren-
 der, Through the trance of silence, Quiet breath: Lo! for there. among the flowers and
 grasses, Only the mishtier movement sounds and
 passes: Only the winds and rivers Life and death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-09
FOR POLICIES SAKE.

virtue is its own reward?''
 "Oh, yes," replied the practical poll tician. But man in public life can't afford to be too virtuous.''
 ''Tm surprised to hear you say that"
 Its true, nevertheless. Voters have good and an officeholder cannot retain nesses to prove that he is still human"