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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-08

State Ranks High In Class of Teachers.
That the normal school system of
Wisconsin is rendering the state at
large a valuable service in supplying
teachers professionally trained. anu
that there is probably no state in the
Union better equipped in this respect
to meet the demands of its public
schools for training teachers, is the
finding of A. N. Farmer. who has
been conducting a survey of the state
normal schools for the state board OF
public affairs Advance sheets OF
the report have just come from the
printer
According to the report Of as per
cent Of all of the teachers in the pub
lie schools in the state outside of the
oneroom rural schools, are furnished
by the normal schools. There are
9,273 teachers in the state. it is as
serted. and 1898 of the total number
are graduates of Wisconsin normal
schools. OF these. while the large
majority are instructors in the ele-
mentary schools, 599 are teachers in
high schools. and 6SS hold admins
tratiye positions. In addition, more
than IS per cent of the rural school
teachers have received normal school
training.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-08

Depere.-Two United States rev
enue officers went 10 Mountain a few
days ago to locate an Illicit still The
officers were led 10 the place several
miles distant but found only blind
tiger"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-08

United States army transport Blu
ford sailed from Galveston. Tex, for
Christobal with 413 officers and sol
diers to strengthen the canal gar
rison. She also carried 2SS horses.
Capt Francis H. Lomax is in com
mand.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-08

Federal Judge A. B. Anderson of In
dianapolis. who was stricken with pto-
maine poisoning at Evansville. Ind,
continues to improve.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-08

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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-08

The interstate commerce commits
sion at Washington rejected the pro-
posal of railroads east of the Missis-
sippi and north Of the Ohio to estab-
lish a ninety cent scale OF class rates
on raillake-and-rail traffic from New
York and the east 10 st. Paul and
Minneapolis. The eighty-thTee cent
scale was ordered to be maintained.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-08
Personal

Rumors of a possible engagement
between Clarence II. Mackay. presi-
dent of the Postal Telegraph company.
and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, which
were started in New York city. have
been renewed in Washington.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-08
Washington

Secretary Daniels announced at
Washington the selection by Presi-
dent Wilson of Capt. William Shep-
herd Benson as chief of naval opera
tons
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-08
Definition.

Definition.
She-What did you call bachelors?
He-Men who have contemplated
matrimony.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-08

The cases of Mrs. Hattie O'Neil and
H. Clay Moss. charged with vote buy
ing in the recent city election at Paris.
ILL.,. were called in the court. Moss was
held to the June session of the grand
jury. Mrs. O'Neil was discharged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
PHANTOM LOVERS

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 strange and pathetic story has come to light through the arrest of a girl of 20 on the ugly charge of shop lifting. The circumstances under which she stole were some excuse for her, but beneath the unhappy details there is another depth. The girl came to Philadelphia to meet an imaginary lover. For a long time she kept up an elaborate pretense in which the man she was to marry figured almost as hero of romance. Then the crys- tai broke.
 Not she alone, but unnumbered men and women cling to their phantom levers. They have become husbands and wives, but they see in each other not the actuality, which can't be very inspiring in world made up of just ordinary human beings. but the lovers ot an elder day. John Aderson de- velops perplexing tendency to large ness, and his wife grows strangely petulant at times They see each other. except at dreadful moments, in the fine glowing light which shone when they were first acquainted. The phantom lover, when he becomes real. remains no less phantom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
Tuskegee Institutes Future

Alabama negroes and indeed all cit izens interested in the future of Tus- kegee institute should receive every encouragement in their eforts to have the institution conducted along the lines laid down by Booker T. Wash ington, it's founder.
 They naturally feel that this can best be done by the election of suc- cessor to Washington who has lived in the south and who is thoroughly familiar with the aims and purposes of Tuskegee.
 They feel that some Alabama man should be chosen for the work, the suc- cess of which depends solargely on the proper cooperation and understanding between the whites and the negroes ot Alabama. This state has two or three highly qualified negro educators who can carry on the work at Tuskegee ably and efficiently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

some months that prices would soar next May. But from the present out look it will not be surprising if the staple climbs to 13 cents in January and 14 cents before the close of winter.
 When the next planting season comes the high price level will tempt many farmers to increase their acre. age over last spring, but here in Ala bama, with the havoc wrought by the boil weevil fresh in mind, it will be a wise cotton grower who further re- duces his acreage and increases his food production
 Let crop diversificati-n continue to be the Alabama slogan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
After the War

When the war will end and just how it will end, nobody knows.
 At the outbreak of hostilities Pres1- dent Wilson rendered the belligerents his good offices for mediation, but only formal diplomatic acknoweldg- ments came in reply. His original tender stands, but until the warning powers signify desire to have this government act the role of an arbiter or take any part in bringing about a peace settlement, MT. Wilson, fol- lowing well established rules, will be hands off. There has been no intimation that the Presidents good offices would be asked for soon.
 The entente nations are making preparations for continuance of the struggle throughout next year. Lord Kitchener has been quoted recently as saying that the real war had just begun. He said at the start that 1t would last three years or more and he has never modified his remarks. But predictions of this sort, no mat ter by how distinguished an author ity they are "given out" count for little.
 The war may last year longer and then again it may come to sud den end within the next few months. At any rate the appearance of French commission in the United States at this time for the purpose of looking over the plants of manu- factursrs of machinery, is cheering spectacle, when it Is known to be Frances intention to make large pur- chases along mechanical lines after the war is ended, for the rehabilita- tlon of that country. These commis- sioners have nothing to say, of course, as to when they think peace will be restored. But the fact that they are here to make ready for their needs at the close of hostilities is significant and heartening. The United States as one of the commissioners remarked will get the great trade in machinery that Germany had before the war, g trade amounting to s160,000, 900 g year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

damning words, mot evangelical" :"
 Nobody ought to be surprised at this,
 for historically it could not be other
 wise.
 In 1533 Nicholas Cap was inaugu-
 rated rector of the University of
 Paris. John Calvin wrote his address
 for him. The theme was the necessity l for the reformation of the church and | of theology on the basis of the New i Testament. Calvin and Cap were both
 obliged to flee for their lives. The
 story is that Calvin tied his sheets to-
 gether and let himself down from
 window. He and any congregations he might form were, of course, immedi-
 ately outlawed.
 We read that John Wesley was sus- pected of not being in harmony With Professionalism as early as the time of his stay in Georgia. Later the Church of England pulpits were all closed to him, and he took to the moors and the hillsides.
 In the early history of our own country Roger Williams had mind of
 his own. He got into trouble first
 by denying the right of magistrates to punish Sabbath breaking and other religious offenses. Later, for persist ing in this and similar heresies, he was banished from the colony and threatened with deportation to Eng land. He escaped in midwinter to the shores of Narragansett bay, founded the city of Providence, the colony Of Rhode Island and the first Baptist church in America.
 And so on ad infinitum.
 Two differences, however, emerge. They had the civil powers merged with the ecclesiastical in those days, and could work their will. If man did not believe regularly, why, they could banish him, they could cut his head off, they could burn him at the sAake. Then, also, they could threaten ef- |fectively with the vague, spiritual horrors of communication, of re- fusing Christian burial, of consignlng to eternal perdition by withdrawing the favor of the church.
 These ancient weapons have now rusted into disuse. The church in our land has no civil arm, nor can she wield the terrors which superstition and fear used to lay ready to her hand. We are no longer afraid of the dis pleasure of the church. We know that the state of our souls is not changed by holy oil or the manner ot our burial. The state gives equal privileges to all regularly incorporated religious bodies. Ministers receive their author ,itv from God Himself and from the neople who are willing to hear their message. HENRY M. EDMONDS ]
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
The Cotton Situation

The government will issue it's final report on the cotton crop estimate December 10, and, as it will have a direct influence on the market, farm CTS, spiIners and speculators arc looking forward to it with eagerness.
 Early in the fall the crop was es- timated at 12,50O,0 ,000 bales, but with each succeeding report the figures dropped. It is now reasonable to be- lieve that the December bulletin will bring the estimate down to 10,500,00O bales.
 The earlier calculations took into account the reduced acreage and the reduction in the quantity of com- mercial fertilizer used. but not the wide ravages of the boil weevil. IT Alabama and several other states the weevil was most destructive in the late summer, and in many counties the pest destroyed three-fourths of tht crop.
 The market is now bullish anc the tendency will continue upward. Ii the government report indicates n' more than a 10,500, ,OO0-bale yield, Il or, 16-cent cotton will be in sight, al though the market will probably no reach a 15-cent level before spring The best informed men in the trade those familiar with the statistica situation-have been predicting fol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
Philadelphia's Dull Sundays

Philadelphia is one of the few cities in the United States-the only large city that holds on to it's old-time notions of Sunday observance, or as some have it, Sabatbh oservance, albeit Saturday is the Sabbath" remarked Joseph Lithgow ot New York.
 ''Whenever I am travelling and happen to stop in a city over Sunday. I read the amusement advertisements to see if concert is scheduled for that day, for I am devoted to music. If there is no musical entertainment take in mov- ing picture show Tn Philadelphia every place of amuse- nlent is closed tight on Sunday. A vigor- ous protest is now being made against l free Sunday concerts by the Philadelphia l Symphony orchestra, recently announced l That, is the limit. Trayeling people gen.
 orally avoid the City of Brotherly Love I on SundaNy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
SLEEPING OUTDOORS

From December Outing.
 Two of the lightweight army blankets are warmer than single six-pound blan7 ket. On cold night the camper sleeps in fresh underwear and socks, trousers, sweater, Mackinaw German socks and moccasins. Gt is no hardship, then, t0 get up and replenish the fire.) With the half ax a regular backlok fire can be built and plenty of night wood laid in. Don't use wood that snaps and shoots out embers. If a snowfall is anticipated, cover the tent frame with evergreen boughs and thatch with browse (evergreen twigs). This will also effectively screen the tent from sparks Then build the fire as close to the tent as safety permits. If you know how to manage one it may be within four feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
MILK FROM THE DESERT

From Farm and Preside.
 Fl Paso, Tex, has one of the most in- teresting milk supplies of any city. A considerable amount of the milk is goats milk produced by number of goat dairies, one of which has a thousand goats. These goats get their living from the surrounding hot, dry territory, defi- cient in grass and only moderately cov- cred with sagebrush and cactus. A COW would starve to death, but the goats, though fed neither hay nor grain, give on an average about a quart each. The milk brings the same price as cows milk and is sold both in bottles and ir bulk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
WHEN BABY PLAYED

James Whitcomb Riley in Golfers
 Weekly.
 When baby played,
 The very household tasks were stayed To listen to her voice: secrete, M
 We heard her lisping, low and sweet,
 Among her many dolls and pets;
 Or. at her windows mignonettes,
 Making some butterfly-arrave
 In tremulous gold-all unafraid-
 When baby played. When baby played. Amidst the reapers-why, they laid
 Their work aside, and with loud glee Tossed her among them tenderly; And they did single, from the blur Of tousled grasses blooms for her. To wreathe about her throat and wrist, While for the service each was kissed, And on till evensong was made So happier--When Baby played. When baby played. The lilies down the everglade Grew purer--where the waters leapt. The willows laughed instead If s'apt: And the glad winds went merryfng T'~ sv-av the empty grapevine swing
 She needs must leave, in answer to li.3 from home at fall of dew And mimicking the call we made
 When baby played-when baby played.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
HENRY M. EDMoNDS.

The High School Mirror for November, issued last week, is a credit to the oeh- tral High school. which publishes it. The several departments are handled in clear cut forceful style, and several of the f1c- tion articles in the November Issue pear the stamp of an experienced writer Poems prose and drawings all are com mendable in the highest degree. 1he board of editors of the Mirror is entitled to all praise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
Alabama's Educational Forces

The annual report of Superintend- ent William F. Feagin of the state department of education, the salient features of which are reproduced in today's Age-Herald, is of more than ordinary scope and importance.
 Every intelligent citizen of Ala 'bama has long manifested a sympa- thetic interest in the public school sys- tenn, but under the able and enthusi- astic leadership of the department S chief the entire state has been aroused in the past twelve months as never before.
 Superintendent Feagin not only pre- sents school statistics of large practi- cal bearing and synthesizes them with convincing clearness, but he re- views and explains the various edu- cational measures adopted by the leg islature this year-there are fifteen of them-and discusses with construc- tive vision every angle of school work.
 While rural school conditions have been far from satisfactory, progress in betterment is now evident. In some respects progress has been indeed rapid, and most cheering of all, the future is bright with promise.
 As Superintendent Feagin makes plain, "the scholastic year 1914-15 has been one of remarkable achieve ment; remarkable not because of any decided improvement in the several phases of activity in which the edu- cational forces of the state have been engaged, but because it has witnessed a complete transformation of certain anticipated machinery that has ob- sturcted considerable forward move ment."
 For many years past Alabama's most urgent school need has been focal taxation, better supervision and compulsory attendance. The legisla- ture at it's January session made a fine start on the education programme and before adjournment in July every important bill had been adopted Among the new laws of most far reaching benefit is that submitting to the people constitutional amendment authorizing the qualified electors of every county to levy special tax for school purposes. This measure should be ratified by an overwhelming vote at the polls in November, 1916, but in order to insure. the desired result an active state campaign will be con- ducted by the department of educa- tion.
 Another legislative act of excep- tionally high value is that which gives to the state an illiteracy commission commission which has already ac- complished untold good without any expense to the state.
 Other acts that will prove potential factors in the educational advance ment of Alabama provide for compul- sorry attendance, reorganization of county school boards on modern lines and women as members of city, town and county boards.
 The superintendent report is vol luminous, but every page of it de- serves careful reading. No public document prepared recently will have so wide an appeal, for no institutional activity affects so many people as that having as it's object the public schools Mir. Feagin is to be congratulated on the facility with which he assem- bles and relates statistics and other concrete facts and to be heartily con- ! mended for the tireless energy with which he discharges his exacting \ I,,fioc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT UNCLE JEFFS
 CONVENTION OF ADVERTISING WRITERS

A CLEVER idea that is which Uncle "A Jeff" the advertising manager of The Age-Herald, has evolved to present the men who write advertise ments and insert them in The Age-Her- aid with Christmas present
 He has bought a handsome present-a seven hundred and fifty dollar player piano. a gem of an instrument He is to present this to all The Age-Herald ad- vertisers, who are to gather in one of the theatres of Birmingham on Thursday evening, December 2S, to decide in con vention assembled, into which home this player-piano will find permanent resting place
 The advertisers are to have regular political convention so to speak, partici- pated in by each one of these persons who have written an advertisement for The ASS-AicAdAO DStWSSIl ilOW anu thnt dotO This convention is to nominate candidates and choose from among it's delegates that one to receive the present.
 Candidates for the honor will be placed in nomination in the regular way and brief speeches shall be made setting forth the merits as an ad writer of each candi- date. His advertising productions as printed in The Age Herald will be ex- hibited and read before the audience to prove his claim as the writer of the best and most attractive advertisement printed in The Age-Herald.
 # # #
 Uncle Jeff's'' idea will lead to lots of fun and lots of debate, but it is an as- sured' fact that the man who exhibits the best prepared advertisement, producing the most results in sales. will get the largest number of votes in the conven-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
A QUAINT SURVIVAL.

He loves the old-time people,
 The old-tme books and songs; Will now and then lift up his voice, Recalling old-time wrongs. Tte cld-time ways of. living,
 The old-time honor, too, Appeal to him, for he cannot take The modern point of view. Pathetic old-time brother,
 So sadly out of date; The wise cnes shake their heads and say That he was born too late. And yet, his old-time manner,
 His old time friendly smile Have frightened the burden of many a
 heart
 And made life seem worth while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
New Wine and Old Bottles

History has strange way of re- beating itself.
 We have recently had a recurrence of the old erasing of names from church rolls, of withdrawing authority from ministers, of refusing to grant letters of dismissal, of ths use of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
ALL WRONG
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 The Brooklyn songwriter who used the White House romance as the basis for a ballad entitled Pretty Little Indian Maid'' has been called down by Tumu'ty, and justly so. Mrs. Galt is not Indian enough to hurt and nobody has any husi- ness springing the maid" stuff on widow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

Dr. David Starr Jordan is an able speaker on peace at any price, but ne has come and gone and Birmingham con tirues strongly in favor of preparedness and-incidentally-a government armor plant in this vicinity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
Trade Outlook Bright

Early In the fall when the indus trial pay rolls were increasing rapid ly, it did not take an optimist to feel that mercantile conditions here would be along genuine prosperity lines be- fore the end of the year, and all the good predictions are being fulfilled. said H. F. Jones, president of the Clark & Jones Piano Co. Trade is exceedingly brisk now and 1t will be growing better and better.
 "A month ago saw signs that activity would continue this winter and next snring, but the outlook today far exceeds my most roseate expectations.
 "In Birmingham's business district we should see some very high records within the next few months. Good times are prevailing all over the country and it is but natural, of course, that Bir- mingham should have its share. Yes, an era of prosperity is here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
THAT HARVARD ELEVEN
lew York World.

From the New York World.
 Cornell, says ex-Dean Kirchway of Columbia. is the model of the Sing Sing students. Possibly he has not considered the educational pre-eminence. just now, of Harvard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
PAINFUL DEMONSTRATION.
4 GROWING FAMILY.

Taking cheerful view of life is all a matter of habit,' said the philosopher. Perhaps so," answered the man with
 worried look, but so long as the stork continues to show such partiality to my household, I fear it's habit I won't be able to acquire"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

BEGINNING THE DAY-o God, may my worship today color my thinking and nay acting. may my sorys set fire to my life. May | hear Thee speak to me today that may he tenderer and stronger to- morroxy. Save me from prefenses save me from form; pour Thine own self into me. In Christ's name. Amen' HI. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
MILITANT HErTY

From the Louisville Courier-Journai.
 Hetty Green was S1 years old last week. She has never bothered about woman's rights, but has beat most men at what has been considered their own game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

Two Birmingham detectives have been suspended by Commissioner Barber De- cause they refused to tell the name or an informer whose identity they hao promised to keep secret. There is no req son why detectives shouldn't keep their word occasionally
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
HANDICAPPED.

T notice you masticate your food thor. oughly. Are you disciple of pr Fletcher?"
 No" said the moody man who.was dis posing of an omelette in dining car T was in such a hurry to catch the train this morning that came away from home and forgot my teeth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

Villa is reported to have said that he intends to become a bandit. Whats the matter with the man? Can't he get enough loot as looter?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

The old-fashioned chorus girl who wore tights was all dressed up compared to the modern chorus beauty whose chief arr