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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
The Power of Printers Ink

Southern California almost proves the assertion that you can advertise pulverized corn cobs until they will taste like breakfast food
 Ordinarily, pulverized corn cobs would not be an epicurean delight, but if the pulverized product herein under discussion were to be served out of a handsomely Autographed container, cmbellished by the picture of dainty breakfast room scene, it is clearly possible that, by adding ample meas ure of Jersey cream, the human appe- tite might be hypnotized to the rel ishing point.
 And this in way illustrates condi- ticns in southern California. Hundreds of thousands of people go every year from various sections of the United States to southern California to en- joy the balmy climate with it's roses, its orange blossoms and it's other things enticingly set forth by poets and descriptive writers.
 Admitting that the climate of southern California is good-fairly good-the fact remains that except for systematic and persistent adver- tising that section would never have become such a Mecca for pleasure seekers.
 What wonderful tribute to print | CTS ink mixed with ideas, for printers ynk alone is an opaque, lifeless sub- stance, wholly devoid of enthusiasm
 But lubricate it with ideas and a wonderful metamorphosis results!
 As a matter of fact, not so many years ago southern California was SC limited in resources that something had to be done in order to place thar country on the map. A few live wir, citizens, having invested their capita VutIe, SciLCd uPoi ouNSi SiSihS oo lii' one thing that would turn depression into prosperity A few bold pioneer, tried publicity with success. People everywhere are much like a flock O. sheep-always ready to follow tho leader-and it was not long, therefore until others joined the advertising throng, thus expanding the measure of success.
 s And so it came about that advertis Ing became fashionable in southerl California. It was nothing unusual fol
 real estate man to advertise a bar nbn sand lot as rose garden anc ten proceed to prove the aptness oi tls description.
 Mn gifted in writing were em,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
Iron Quotations Higher

The Matthew Addy company's Cincin- natl report, just issued. says in part: More good news in the iron market May promises to be genuine harvest instead of spring month. It's first week has seen a continuance of the buying movement. The market is really active and begins to resemble the good old days of 1902. The resemblance to date is only in the amount of pig iron that is being bought and sold and not in the manner in which prices scared upward in those good old days. But quotations are higher.
 Southern iron has advanced 30 cents a ton, and new business has thoroughly established the advance. Northern iron is much firmer and all told. the market is much improved. Yet it is to be remem- bered that while the value of sales is fine, prices are still too low to be profitable
 Tt Is estimated that upwards of 25o,o0O tons of southern iron have been sold in the immediate past. One Birmingham furnace company alone reports sales of 5000 tons in April. One of the notable transactions was the purchase by large British iron brokerage firm of 25.OOo tons. Here in the middle west individual orders have been as a rule on more modest. scale, but there have been two sales of steel making iron that surpassed the purchase of the Englishmen.
 ''The buying movement has not spent it's force, for the market Is still full of inquiries and sales are being made at 8 most satisfactory rate.
 "In tke past month specifications foi shipment of foundry coke have actually doubled. This means only one thing, ant
 that is that twice as much iron is being
 melted as before"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
Conditions Much Better

''I spent much time in Georgia in March and found business conditions improving there then, but since then there has been a marked improvement said Hugh M. Brown.
 T am just from Georgia. On my pre- vious visit I found less depression in the smaller cities than in Atlanta. but now Atlanta, as well as the smaller towns, are brisk with trade.
 Everybody in Alabama and in Georgia is rejoicing in the rain that began Thurs Gay afternoon. The drouth had been de- pressing, but now the whole south is feel ing good over the rainfall"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
EXPANSION AND PROSPERITY

From the New York Herald
 The American people for eight years ever since 19o7-nave been economizing and wearing out their old clothes.
 They are now going to buy some new garments and incidentally also, as shown by the brilliant success of the s5,O0o, 900 auction sale of carpets and rugs in this city within the last few days-some new floor coverings and other fxings
 When a hundred millions of population stop hoarding and begin to release their savings and spend money there is go-
 ing to be stimulation and expansion in all directions. The western farmer has been enriched by the foreign demand for his cereals at consistently record breaking high prices and the southern cotton pro- ducer, who but a few months ago ex- pected to be ruined by the absence of European markets for his staple is now getting remunerative prices.
 Incidents that are chronicled from day to day show how the wheels of traffic, industry and trade are beginning to re- yolve more quickly. The Pennsylvania railroad in one week puts at work 5OO( heretofore idle cars. railways earnings generally improve, money Is in better de- mand throughout the country. bank clear ings expand and the great steel and iror industry revives as spring weather stim- ulates building operations and restored credit enables the railways to place long deferred orders for material and equip ment.
 | Great harvests, unexampled export, with resulting command of the world exchanges sound money, assured eas, credits and release of the energy ant enterprise of the American people iron the long period of oppression by anti business legislation and administration | give assurance that the country is en | tering upon period of unexampled ex
 pansion and prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
GOSSIP IN LONDON

From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
 Entertaining at the London restaurants continues to be very popular At the sa- voy just recently quite large number or well-known people, including many not usually seen in town in April. have been noticed with groups of friends.
 The animation which characterizes the fashionable places just now is, indeed part of a general buoyancy in London so- cial circles noticeable for sometime past and promising to manifest itself more and more as the early season draws near. There is certainly little to keep people away from town this year, for country house life has by no means yet recovered from the dislocation caused by the war.
 A French lady writes to one of the Lon don daiies from Paris of the recent Zep- pelin raid:
 Ut was exactly f.so when was awak- ened by the noise of the fire engines giv- ing forth the most unusual sound of a clarion. Sometime ago a notice appeared in all our newspapers that the population would be warned of the approach of a Zeppelin by the sounding of the clarion, when all were enjoined to seek refuge, preferably cellar. So knew what was up.
 Tn less than five minutes our house a five-story building occupied on each flat by two families, was astlr. "A Zeppelinl A Zeppelln was the general exclamation. My sister and lit our lights and rushed out on our balcony to see if we could see anything At once hawl came from the street to put them out again. We re- mained some minutes searching the sky, particularly brilliant with the stars and the wheeling of searchlghts in all direc- tions, but nothing else.
 We heard the noise of aeroplanes, which seemed very high up in the air, and when there came also the sound of air craft guns we thought it high time to dress and make for the cellar. We hastily put on some clothes. gathered a few wraps and a packet of candles and went down. Several tenants of the house had had the same idea. so pretty large party assembled there. We got some chairs and prepared to pass the night as comfortably as we could. The conversation was ex- cited. Some of us had witnessed the war Of 1871 and recalled many of the circum- stances of the siege of Paris or Strass- burg, Of which we had been witnesses. From time to time someone went out to the street for information and returned with precious little. We were beginning to feel very tired and cold and some talked of regaining their warm beds when at last at 4:30, another sound of the clarion warned us Gas we had been off clally instructed) that all danger was over and that We could go back to sleep. which we all did with the greatest plea sure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

As sort of thanksgiving for the won- derful fruit crop prospect in Colorado, Canon City has observed blossom day" The celebration was successful fact, it is reported that the whole blooming city turned out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

From Aberdeen, Wash, comes story of the capture of 2-year-old deer in the surf by bather, who used football tac- tics in subduing and getting the deer out of the water. What has become of that ban on nature faking?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

Kankakee couple who eloped, released carrier pigeons bearing notes to the par ents, asking their forgiveness. At any rate they selected an appropriate peace messenger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

BEGINNING THE DAf-o Io"' heIn me to fear myself-that lower seIf which seeks to have the mas tery of me. Aid me in detecttnS and yyarding off the first faint nu- vances. Keep me ever wafchiui' as one who guards precious treas ure. Give me confidence, mS Father. that the battle is Thine .. well ss mine. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

men of the Austrian army have surren- dered to the Russians without firing a shot. They probably decided that a live prisoner of war is better off than a dead hero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

husband for divorce because he refused to take her to the last democratic national convention in Baltimore. It begins to look as though women are taking politics too seriously
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

The former Khedive of Egypt says. he was not only requested to get out of Egypt, but to get out and stay out A rude jolt for a person who has hereto fore fattered himself that he was an in dependent monarch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

Secretary Daniels statement that Amer inch guns of foreign nations cannot be disproved until the foreign nations have a little more spare time on their hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

The California woman who has been or dered to pay alimony to her husband probably feels that she Is getting "equal rights with a vengeance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
BAD LUCK TO THEIR MARCHING

 BAD LUCK TO THEIR MARCHING By Charles Lever
 Bad luck to their marching,
 Pipe-claying and starching; How neat we must be to be killed by the French.
 I'm sick of parading,
 Through wet and cold wading, Or standing all night to be shot in a trench.
 To the tune of fife
 They dispose of your life, You surrender your soul to some illigant lilt:
 Now I like "Garryowen"
 When I hear it at home But it's not half so sweet when you're going to be kilt
 Then though up late and early
 Our ray comes so rarely, The devil farthing we've ever to spare; TLey say some disaster
 Befell the paymaster; On ry conscience. I think that the moneys not there.
 And. just think what blunder
 They won't let us plunder, While the convents invite us to rob them, 'tis clear;
 Though there isn't village
 But cries. Come and pllage'' Yet we leave all the mutton behind for Mounseer.
 Like a sailor that's nigh land
 I long for that island Where even the kisses we steal if we please;
 Wlere it ie ,no disgrace s-~-. ..rssvou Cont wash your Face, And you've nothing to do but to stand at your ease.
 With no sergeant t abuse us, We Ignt to amuse us. Sure it's better to beat Christians than kick babcon; How I'd dance like fairy l 10 see aulG Dunleary, ! And think twice ere I'd leave 1t to be . dragoou!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
THAT KIND OF WOMAN.

T hate Mrs. Gadscomb," said Mrs. Fit terby, with flashing eyes and trembling lip.
 Why so, my dear?" asked Mr. Filter by.
 When I said Nora was the czar of our kitchen, she smiled and said. You mean "czarlna." don't you?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
MIND ELSEWHERE.

MIND ELSEWHERE. "Doppel has been across the Atlantic six or seven times, and 1t Is his favorite boast that he has never been seasick." "I suppose it's tiresome to hear him tell about it. poker games so stiff he forgot he had stomach"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

The Yale freshman who spent s4500 year should not be censured if he man aged to keep a valet, a chauffeur and motor car on that modest sum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
THE MORAL

From the Louisville Herald.
 Now, can anyone tell me what lesson the parable of the Ten Virgins teaches us?"
 Please, miss. that everybody should get married.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

Out in festive Reno women voted for saloons in a recent election. thus proving the truth of the old saying that you can't always tell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

The cost of manufacturing American torpedoes has been lowered about sl0oo which Is not an item of much interest to peace advocates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
OVER THAT.

OVER THAT. Their honeymoon is over now, It's passed away for keeps; For him she's ceased to sit and wait When business holds him downtown late But goes to bed and sleeps
 Detroit Free Press. Their honeymoon is over now, It's followed by calm; In most approved and proper way She frisks him of his weekly pay And never feels a qualm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

John Bunny, the moving picture actor, left an estate of only $S00O. Perhaps a large part of the huge salary he was re- ported to get was only stage money after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

There are said to be just 1000 automo- piles in Japan, and of these 700 are out of commission, a situation not due to a shortage of gasoline, but to a scarcity of ,.on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
A DISTURBING THOUGHT.

"I always feel sorry for the common place husband of a brilliant woman"
 Because she outshines him so?"
 Not particularly on that account, but deep down in his benighted soul he must sometimes wonder what on earth she mar ried him for"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

average player who is fined for s.sa,,. ing an umpire feels that he got his moneys worth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

The success with which President Will son acts the role of grandfather is doubt less winning prospective votes here ane there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

The colonel says that the sinking of the Gulflight was case of piracy. Might hear now from prominent pacifist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
SURE

Who has the gift of repartee
 Might just as well go lose il. Unless he has the wit to see
 The proper time to use it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

The Hon. Ban Johnson is right when he says he would rather see baseball playeo on the diamond than in court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
EVERYBODY SATISFIED.

EVERYBODY SATISFIED. T see where another baseball player has been fined for having a row with an um- pre."
 Do you sympathize with him?" Not at all. My observation is that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

Carranza says foreigners will be cor dialy welcomed to Mexico-after the war is over. Looks like long time to wait,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
Picture Show. Gripping Public

The picture show business is taking a stronger hold upon the educated pub lic,' said E. N. Colley, "and one of the reasons is the class of pictures being shown. The very highest class of talent IS employed and no expense as to mounting and realistic effects Is spared. The fact that the most notable of ac- tors and actresses have played to the nlms, and that they may appear years hence to delight and entertain au- diences-long after they have passed from life's stage-makes the picture show film work the art preservative of artists. Just as the records of grapho- phones will let unborn generations hear the great singers of our day, so will the picture show films be brought forth to let them see the great actors and actresses of this century"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

What with fighting the demon rum at home and the Germans abroad John buii has his hands full.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

The "Gernaanization" of Belgium leaves little to be desired-from a German point of view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

The motto of Germany's submarine crews seems to be. We never sleep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
BusIness Improvement

Business in this part of the country is Improving steadily said Harry Owens who represents an important industry of Indianapolis but whose headquarters are in Chattanooga.
 My territory embraces Tennessee, Ala bama and the Carolinas. Trade in my line is far better than 1t was a few months ago, and business conditions generally are looking good''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
AS REGARDS RAT KILLING

ed down from one generation of his fam fly to another for centuries.
 In this country there are rat catchers who are wonderfully successful in de- stroying rodents, where the usual traps and poisons fail
 Tho cost of extermna tion is not so great but that it would be worth while 10 un- dertake it, and it is to be hoped the city health authorities will cooperate heartily and intelligently with similar organiza- tions in other cities of the gulf coast region to protect the people against the peril of the plague.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
ON THE OTHER HAND.

ON THE OTHER HAND. Now, this new war play is a severe ar raignment of the man who won't go to the front and fight for his country ''I see. And no doubt the large number of male actors in the cast feel that it isn't up to them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
FALSE LURES.

Sc many ways of getting rich
 In just day or two Are advertised as sure things which
 Can never fail, that>you Might think mans a fool to work And merest pittance earn As some poor underling or clerk.
 When by a lucky turn He might perehance. as wealthy be
 As any in the land, With private yachts upon the sea
 And servants to command. But all things are not as they seem
 And moneys hard to get Though millions moil and fret and scheme, How many have you met Who made a short cut to a pile
 Of pure untainted kale, On which they lived in lavish style,
 And still kept out of jail?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

DON'T OFFEND. To say his autos secondhand Would be, I think. quite rude. 'Tis much more courteous and bland To use the term renewed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08
SEEMS REASONABLE.

Some people find riding on the water wagon quite difficult"
 Iris true
 And more seem to fall off when 1t rounds corner than at any other time. "I guess that's because so many cor ners are occupied by saloons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-08

Entered at the Birmingham, Aia' rostoffice as second class matter on- der act of Congress March 3. lSf9.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02
$500 Paid Off.

City Treasurer ]. W. Cook last
week paid off $3.50 of the old
dam bonds, and early in October
he will pay off $4,000 more.
Baxter Spriugs is in better
shape financially than any other
town in the county. Not only ID
it getting out OF debt very fast,
but the tax rate is lower than
any other town in the county.
1t was due to the insistence of
Mr.. Cook and the late Mayor
Jones that a sinking fund was
levied to take care of the bonds
as they fall due. Previous of
ficials had failed or neglected
to do this.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

The publication of the city
treasurer's statement, which will
be about the middle of Septem-
Der, will show a big decrease in
the bonded debt of Baxter. And
the publication of the 4th quar-
terly statement, due in Decem-
Der, will show a further reduc-
tion of the city debt. 1t is such
things as these that go to bring
people in, where taxes do not
eat them up. Baxter Springs
can we'll afford to 60 right ahead
AoW and make some public i'm
provements that will make the
town a more desirable place to
live, and the city authorities
ought to take such a step. Bet
Ger streets and q sever aYHteu
are ~~.r ia .'.~
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Wilson oi
Greenfield, Mo-, are travelling
over the country in a buggy, and
yesterday morning while water
ing their horse at the city well
the animal became frightened,
any ran away. Mrs. Wilson
jumped out Of the buggy on East
River street, and received severe
bruises on the head and face, but
her heavy hair saved her from
worse injury,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

The city mower is a frost, not
that it kills weeds, for it does
not, but the weeds are given
only a lick and a promise. The
weeds are cut high, and the ma
chine does not get very near the
curb in many PLACES. In some
places it does not get within
twenty feet of the curb.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02
20 Heres Of Min0HaIIZ0d
Land for Sale Cheap

/ offer my 40 acres of land, two
miles east of the big Picher mines
at S1400 cash. It is the north.
west forty of the northeast quart.
er dissection 1898. First class
farming land. Must sell quick.
Jessie Imbeau, 406 Frisco Build
ing, Joplin, Mo-. phone 174o,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

]. o. Treece returned from
Kansas City and st. Louis the
latter part of last week. He
went to those places to buy a big
racket stock, which is beginning
to arrive. He is having the room
next south of his present store
fixed up for the new stock.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

Mrs. r. M. Gilman left Satur-
day night for a visit in Indiana.
En- route she stopped off at War
renton, Mo-, to attend the we'd
ding of Miss Edna Stueckemau,
who was at one time a teacher in
our schools.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

The Columbus Advocate was
sold last week to Mr.. N. W.
Huston of Manhattan, Kas. w.
R. Smith, the retiring publisher,
said he could not give the paper
the attention it deserved, since
be has taken charge of the Office
of state printer, SO he decided to
sell.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

Practically half of the people
in this part of the country took
in the circus at Columbus yester-
| Idav
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

The high hedges at the road
corners ought to be cut down all
over this country, before some
serious accidents happen. Auto
mobiles are very plentiful, and
in many places the hedges at the
corners are so high the driver of
one machine can not see another
machine approaching.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

VIM. Felter of Rolf, Okla,
was here last week visiting his
sister, Mrs. Will Wyatt. He
was en- route to New Mexico,
where be has bought a news
naReE.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02
Public Sale.

At my place known as the Nor
ton farm, Ia of q mile east Of
Lowell Cemetery, Friday, Sept.
10, beginning at 10 o'clock Z
good horses and mules; Is head
fne young cattle; farm imple-
ments, etc, on ten months credit.
~ ~. an..l.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

Mrs. A. w. Felter, who has
been here visiting her daughter,
Mrs. w. w. Wyatt, has returned
to her home at Francis, Okla.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-09-02

Deputy Sheriff John Hardwi ok
was in town Friday serving
papers.