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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
PAYS TRIBUTE ID
 PROFESSOR M 'ADORY
Superintendent Feagin Ac- cepts Resignation of Bir-
 mingham Man

montgomery. June 7.-tSpeciaL)-Ia &C., eepting his resignation as a member of the Jefferson county board of ednca ton. superintendent of Education William F. feagin pays Prof l. W. McAdory of Bir- mingham a high tribute for the dlstin- guished services he rendered the people Of Jefferson county and the tate at large during the many years of his con- nection with educational work.
 It is with a good deal of sadness that note you are to sever your connection In an official way with the school work In Alabama" wrote Mir Feagin Your resignation as a member of the Jefferson county board of education, which 1, of course, must accept, brings before me in grateful appreciation a career of Iublio service unexcelled in all the annals of Alabama history, either in character or in duration"
 Continuing his letter to Professor Me- Adory, Superintendent Feagin said
 My information is that after CT hon. orable career in the war, during which you rose from the position of private in the ranks to captain, you returned to Ala bama and began the rehabilitation of new south and a new Alabama from the misersble conditions that followed m the wake of war. It is well Known mat you gave yourself unreservedy and with dogged determination and an intellectual persistence to the cause of education in the belief that in this way you could rem der even loftier service than it had been your privilege to do in the field.
 Your reputa tion as a teacher became much more than statewide and your stu dents filled positions of honor aud of trust in every field of activity. l he fn- tegrity of your character, the brilliaucy of your mind and your power as teacher are upon the lips of your many students, who do not hesitate to say that you have influenced their lives as much by exam pie as by precept.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
The Age-Herald In
 the Baseball Season

Why is it The Age Herald s cir culation jumps by leaps and bounds every spring when the baseball sea- son opensi
 It is because baseball is the great est of all sports and the red blood ed men of Alabama and adjoining states have learned long since that The Age Herald is pre-eminent for baseball news-news of the kind it's readers want. The Age-Herald sporting page minimizes private opinions and emphasizes the sport ing news itself. Its readers are the kind who have plenty of opinions of their own-what they want is actual news
 The Age-Herald publishes the full reports of the big leagues as carried by the Associated Press wires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
GERMAN UNDERSEA
 AND AERIAL FORCES
 SCORING SUCCESSES
Russian Cruiser Sunk in the Baltic Sea-Aviators Drop Bombs on Coast of
 England

Berlin, June 7.-(By Wireless to Say was given out here officially today,
 A German submarine on June 4 sank the Russian cruiser Amur, of the second class, near n Baltic port.
 "On the night June 4-5 German naval dirigibles attacked the fortified mouth of the Humber Con the east coast of Bssex). England, and the harbor estab- lishment at Harwich. They were con spicuously successful. Many bombs were dropped and there was a large number of explosions. One particularly violent explosion was that of gas tank or oil tank which was hit. Bombs were dropped on the railroad depot.
 German airships were shot at vigor- ously by guns on land and on ships They were not hit and returned safely"
 A semi official Petrograd statement last night said the Russian warship Yenisei had been sunk In the Gulf Of Piga by a German submarine. Tho f>ihui' d hiiie idyer oi Eszo tohs, was sister ship of the Yenisei. and the naems of these vessels may have been con- fused, apparently only one of them hav- ing been sunk.
 The raid of German dirigibles over the east coast of England on the night of June 4-5 was announced on Saturday in brief statement made officially at London, but no details of the places visited or damage done were given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
HURLED BACK BOMBS
 THROWN BY GERMANS
British Soldier Caught Crater Made Shell Escapes DeatE by Throwing Away Bombs Tossed Into Cavity by
 Germans to Kill Him

London. June 7.-7:05 p. m.)-The exploit of a British soldier, who lay n the crater made by a shell and hurled back at the Germans bombs which they is related in a dispatch from the front under date of June 4 from the official observer attached to the British army as given out in London tonight
 After having got into German trench and finding he was the only sur vivor of his party. he managed to crawl deep in a shell crater nearpy," the observer says The Germans knew where he was, but could not shoot him and were prevented by our rifle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

fire from approaching. They, therefore eontented themselves with lobbing hand grenades into the crater
 All day long this British soldier remained in the hole within a few yards of the enemy, picking up and hurling back bombs with which he was pe,ted. At night he managed to crawl safely back to our lines"
 Another incident described has to do with an officer and 10 men who. when the Germans stormed and captured British trenches near Ypres refused to retire. Surrounded by the Germans on all sides, they stuck to their trench in the hope of regaining the lost ground by counter attack At nightfall they withdrew, after holding the Germans at bay throughout the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
British Bark Sunk

London, June 7,-(2:3O D. m)-The British bark Sunlight of Liverpool, 1298 net tons, has been sunk by a German submarine. The captain and crew ar rived safely at Queenstown today They said they were given time to take to their boats The Sunlight left Macoris, Santo Domingo, May 1, for the Clyde.
 The trawler Dromio of Hull also has been sent to the bottom by a German submarine. The crew escaped and have landed at Peterhead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
Heads Christ Scientists

Boston, June 7.-The First Church of Christ, Scientist. mother church. of the Christian Science denomination, to- day elected Edward A Merritt If Cleveland, O., as president Reports at the annual meeting showed that mem hers of the church had contributed sl27667 to fund for relief of suf- ferers from the war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
Destroyer Damaged

Boston, June 7.-An examination made in dry dock today of the torpedo boat destroyer Downes disclosed hole in her keel sufficient to have caused her to sink had it not been for her bulkheads The accident is believed to have been due to striking some sunk en object while entering the harbor last week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

The Age-Herald's popularity among fans has been won by years of care in the preparation of its sporting news. For many years it has been the only publication in Birmingham which prints box scores-the genuine, simon-pure fan food.
 These are some of the reasons why The Age Herald circulation jumps up so rapidly when the sap begins to rise.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
ROYCE PRESIDENT
 OF COTTON EXCHANGE

New York. June 7.--At the annual election today of officers of the New York cotton exchange, Henry H. Royce was chosen president; A. B. Gwathmey was elected vice president and James F. Maury was reelected treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

Citizens of Columbus have sent to Gov Earl Brewer a petition asking him to deliver a political address at the earliest convenient date, and while no reply has ss yet been received it is generally be- leved that he will accept the invitation Governor Brewer and Lieutenant Gov ernor Bilbo who is now candidate for governor. represent two opposing factions in Mississippi politics. and both are mak- .ng speeches over the state. Bilbo is scheduled to deliver three addresses in L.owndes county this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, June 7.-Fore -ast for Ala bama and Mississippi; Fair Tuesday, cooler in north; Wednesday fair. cooler in south.
 Georgi1: Fair Tuesday and Wednesday.
 Tennessee: t'sir and ,cole~ Tuesday Wednesday fair and warmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
Business Men
 Using Drugs

THINK THEY ARE POOLING OTHERS, while friends and neighbors are saying, Its a pity that good man is becoming dope fiend" Ask your best friend about this "neighborhood talk"-then ask the Neal Institute, Birmingham, Ala, to advise you about the modern Neal Way" of overcoming all desire and necessity for stimulation" at
 60 Neal Institutes in Principal Cfties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

Practically the entire membership ot Columbus troop No. l. Boy Scouts of America, left Sunday afternoon for Way erly, Miss, where they will spend several days in camp. Waverly is about 10 miles above Columbus on the Tombigbee river, ana is an ideal site for a camp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
Adyertisei Advertise,

From the Boston Transcript
 "I lay wide awake last night think ing of my business
 Bad plan, old chap; better keep wide awake daytimes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

Members of the Lowndes County Pro- duce association will. on June 15. make their first shipment of Irish potatoes. The shipment will consist of a solid car, which will be consigned to R. Fl. Pen nineton & Co.,, a St. Louis commission house, which. several months ago, con tracted to take the entire product of the association. guaranteeing price of 50 cents pc" bushel for the tubers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
British Steamer Sent to Bottom

London, June 7.-G:16 D. m.)-A dis patch from Aberdeen says the British steamer Star of the West has been sunk ty a German submarine. A trawler brought the crew into Aberdeen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
GADSDEN

Gadsden, June 7.-(special.) )-The police nave found no trace of two white men who are wanted for holding up and robbng George Gregory a white man, of 50 cents, holding up four negroes and outraging the wife of Rich McCIerkin. A negro man. The holdup occurred on the Gadsden- Alabama City corporation line late last night
 Earl Lay, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, said today he had received communication from Rome Ga, stating that large delegation of Dixie highway promoters will arrive here at noon Thurs day en route to Birmingham, to attend a meeting to be held at that place for the purpose of working up sentiment in d highway to run from Birmingham to Rome and to serve as feeder for the main Dixie highway. from Chicago to Miami. The main highway passes through Rome. Cherokee and St. Clair delega- tions will join the Rome and Gadsden delegates here and proceed to Birming- ham.
 The funeral of the late Pope Hammond was held this afternoon at o'clock from the residence of Mrs Hammond mother of the deceased. at Attalla, The services were conducted by the Attalla Masons. Interment was made in the cemetery at that place.
 Negotiations are on for the sale of the Stocks building to south Ala abama parties The building was sold some years ago for s40,O00.
 delegation of Walnut Grove business men who appeared before the Etowah highway commission today asking that a part of the $2o0,oo0 road bond money be spent in that part of the county, were assured by the commission that their re- quest would be given due attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

weather COndltlOnS Summary of observations made at Uni- ted States weather bureau stations dur ing the 24 hours ending p. m., 18th me- ridan time, June :, 1915:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus, Miss, June 7-tSpecial.)-Ma- chinery for the flour mill which is to be operated here by the independent Cotton Seed Oil and Fertilizer works is now be- ing installed and the plant will be ready to begin operation about June l5. The mill will have capacity of 50 barrels of flour daily, and will run both night and day throughout the entire year if a sufficient supply of wheat can be ob- taned.
 For several days past Raymond 8. Fen drick. special agent of the Carnegie hero commission, has been here Investigating the claims of Allen and Neubel Puckett, sons of w. N. Puckett, president of the National Bank of Commerce. for hero medals, their claims being predicated upon the fact that about year ago they saved young Joseph Harker. son of the Rev, J. N. Harker, pastor of the Christian church, from drowning. While bathing In the Tombigbee river on June 25, 1914 young Harker became disabled and his life was in peril when the two Puckett boys went to his assistance and got him safely out of the water. Their act was reported to the Carnegie hero commission and Mir. Fendrck was sent here to make an in vestiga.icn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
To Users Of Lithography

If you haven't the fact already in mind, this is to advise you that there is now in Birmingham complete litho- graphing establishment doing here designing, engraving and litho-offset rotary printing in black and colors; the best lithographing, including all work for banks, merchants and manu- lecturers, such as letter heads, bill heads, checks, drafts, warrants, labels, stock certificates, maps and bonds.
 We guarantee to duplicate your present job or improve it.
 Don't send your orders off when you can satisfactorily leave your busi- ness and your money here; talk with us face to face, make emergency changes, get m CT gency orders promptly and see the work as it pro- Presses if you so desire.
 That this local personal service is appreciated by others is shown from the fact that within the past few months we have Autographed checks or stationery for every bank in the Birmingham district except one, and have obtained against all foreign competition every commercial order for lithographing except one that we had a chance at.
 If we demonstrate by showing you our modern plant and our samples that we can give you as good or better work for the money as you will get by sending off, why not help Birming- ham industry by giving us preference on the order?
 Do it now! Phone Main 8461 for salesman with samples and ideas.
 ROBERTS & SON
 "The Big Alabama House"
 Established in Birmingham in 1872
 Store and Plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

Negotiations are on for the sale of the Stocks building to south Alabama parties. The building was sold some years ago for s40,O0O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
Local Data
Weather Conditions

,. HORTON, Local Forecaster.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-12-02

1f this gentleman hadn't come
along. and butted In" began Miss
Nellie, when she was interrupted:
whose name is Earl Bell. d, Excuse
me that I haven't given It before.
l believe this is Miss Mortimer"
"And l believe that pesky hog has
got back into the garden again! Per
haps you have also read that no WON.
IN can drive q hog?'
IF l ever ind one 11l-1rl admire
her!" g ~
We'll, I want you to show me that
. man can. I'll stay here and watch"
When that hog found that he had
a man to deal with he quit his Job and
made for the fence, and then the
young man left. Did he ever return?
Read What the cook said the other
day:
"Oh, yes, he returned and returned
and returned, and he's returning yet,
and If that hog don't bring about a
marriage and q wedding trip, then I'll
never go by signs again!'
Copyright. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Synolcate.)
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-12-02
TO Be PET OF HUMANITY
That Seems 20 30 the Only Future
That Can BE Seen for
the Horse.

The heavy draft horse is doomed.
He will not vanish suddenly, but his
hour has struck. Motor vehicles al.
ready are d splacing him in cities.
The cheap farm tractor will do the
same in the country. In a few dec.
AIDES the great, magnificent brutes will
be little more than a memory. Their
places will be taken by bloodless ma.
chimes, that never whinny greetings
to a kind master, never search ones
pockets for sugar-and never break
their legs on ICY pavements or drag
out a friendless old age under the
whips Of stupid, greedy drivers.
When one thinks Of these last con.
siderations, the horseless age doesn't
seem so gloomy a prophecy. But II
man is wise, there will be no horse.
less age.
II man has any real wisdom-and
that belief, though often disappointed,
never dies-the horse will be pro
noted to the position Of humanity'a
chief pet and plaything, but always
with a substratum of usefulness which
will keep him from degenerating into
q mere toy. The draft horse, the trot.
the general purpose ami.
mal"-may go, but the saddle horse
ought to stay and thrive. Just as q
medical prescription he is we'll worth
while, for the old English phrase that
the outside of a horse is the best
thing for the insides Of man" still
holds true. and as an instructor OF
youth and a mee~s Of real contact
with nature he has no rival but the
dog.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-12-02
A DOUBLE IDENTITY
BY AUGUSTUS 9, sHERWjN,

Whatever was stirring-or wouldn't
stir-in the mind of the man dubbed
Johnson he kept along with his
work, acting in a dense automatic
fashion. Always a question in mis-
thoughts as to his environment, the
circumstances. his compartment! AL.
ways a dim picture of some far past
where he had been quite another in
dividual-or was it a dream?
He was Johnson" for those in the
boarding house called him that. lie
was listed as johnson at the pant.
In the midst of occupation q sudden
spur of awakening thought would halt
him in the work he "a at. His mind
went cropping. but not FIR. He would
shake his head dubious.y and resume
the dysary treadmill of accepted rou.
tine.
One evening when he arrived at the
old boarding house, the land:ady
called him into her own living rooms.
There sat two little children-a girl OF
four. and a lad of six.
Your dead brothers children" in
troduced the landlady bluntly.
"My-dead-brother's children!'
mul'mured Johnson mechanically. oh
yes, yes. Yes, indeed!"
You see, they are without q home
or relative, except you. He died in
Macon, fifty miles away, and told the
neighbors you would care for them
You look troubled, sir, and confused,
| will harbor the dear little ones until
you get your bearings and decide what
you will do with them
Il see," nodded Johnson in a los
dreary way. Thanks"
The puzzle of existence was nov
humbly ccepted by him. He kept o,
working at the plant. He shut out til.
strange dreams that came into hi
mind. Evenings he would sit with t,
children and amuse them His Ii
became work and they-that only.
All this time Mrs. Alice MESSING &c,
a lady residing in a fashionable quar-
ter Of the big city, was mourning her
life away over the strange inexplicable
disappearance Of her husband, Arnold
Messenger.
He had been a good husband. but
not good to himself. Left q fortune,
he had married a woman he loved and
who returned the affection, but he had
a serious fault-he was q convivialist,
always that, and fast degeneratins
into a confirmed inebriate.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-12-02
CALL AQuEDucr A WONDER
Engineers Enthusiastic In Praise 81
Work Done BY the Italian
Government.

The italian FovernmentAhas Just IN.
ishcd one of the most important engt.
neering works OF modern days in the
construction Of an immense aqueduct
which carrier the waters Of the Sele
river-norma'ly flowing west from the
Apennines to the Tvrrhenian sea--to
the city of Bari, on the Adriatic. 80.
The eastern part OF southern Italy
sadly lacked water. while the western
rart rad far more than 1t needed.
TIE River Sele was selected as that
which could best b. spared. It rises
1924 mics from Pa~i, and tho whole
range Of tie lofty Apennines are in
between. It was necessary to bore
60 miles Of tunne'. mostly through
granite to build between four and
i've miles of aqueducts and to install
between AZ ana 4e miles of metallic
double sirhons. The main aqueduct
Is 1872 miles long. and from It branch
off 1000 miles o. carals that distribute
to the villages Of Apulia the 120 "00..
600 gallons Of water that are DETECTED
every cay from the western to the
eastern shores of the country.
More than $50 reservoirs, most Of
them carved out Of solid rock, store
UP more than five million cubic feet
OF water at intervals along the aque.
duct to 7rovtde against accidents that
may make repairs necessary. And
seventeen towns situated at POINTS
higher than the aqueduct receive the
water by means of elevators.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-12-02
Last. But First.

Sir Thomas Lintca, whose good
work for stricken Serbia is still bring.
ing him unstinted praise from all
quarters. is, in spite Of his great
wealth, a man Of very simple tastes.
Especially simple is be in the n4atter
of dress, q fact which was once re-.
sponsible for a very amusing incident.
Some years ago he advertised for q
number Of new assistants for his bus.
mess, and he decided to interview
them all himself. On q certain morn.
ing, therefore, he arrived early at his
Office to find a long list Of applicants
waiting outside.
ella, hat I chuckled," says Sir
Thomas when he tells the story, las
l pushed my way to the door. Good
strong men all Of them! Just tho
fellows for
Bash! I was hurled across the
pavement, hit a lamp post, and found
myself in the gutter. and then a deep
voice said:
"sWot's your little game, eh? You
Just line up behind and take your turn
with the rest Of us!'"-Pearso1s.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-12-02

~ . &A0S0AAA6OA 0oS Al SOo4 Al ASx
elegant drawing room. With her was
the family doctor and the family law.
yer.
i""No trace, madam, I am grfeved to
say" the latter was remarking. u
fear foul play"
IT do not countenance that deci.
ston," demurred the doctor. LAS have
often told Mr.. Messenger, he was slow.
" undermining brain and nerves by
the use of stimulants ard narcotics.
I believe these have overcome him.
casting a cloud over his brain and,
while thus temporarily deranged, he
has wandered away to q distance"
"Oh try, try to find him." sobbed
Mrs. Messenger.
Rewards were offered in the lewspa.
pers, but NJ trace discovered as to
the whereab outs or fate Of the missing
man. Then one day Mrs. Messenger,
gazing listless!y from a window, ut.
tered a scream as she saw q man
come up the front steps.
Then e eager loyal heart died
down within her, for then she saw
that the person she had mistaken for
her husband was quite another person.
She wen to the door and opened 1t.
"Mrs. Messenger" questioned the
visitor, a shiftv-eved, coarse.looking
man. Then, as she nodded assent,
he added: II am wearing your hus.
bands clothes. as l believe you per.
ceive. / saw your advertisement. l
have not come for the reward. On
the contrary, I ask you to deliver me
up to Justice"
"But-my h%usband!" cried the lady.
HE is"
"A'ive, madam
"Oh, take me to him. bring him
here!' nleaded the distracted wife.
When have told my cruel. wicked
story, madam" insisted this strange
visitor. Listen, madam: my name
Is Johnson. tried to find honest
work. l failed. zane across your
husband in a hopeless condition 1
drugged his drink. led him to the
wretched quarters where J lived, up.
propriated his clothes and what money
they contalned-and eloped."
Where is ne? oh. tell me quick.
ly!" begged the anxious lady.
II will, in a moment. When i alb
seconded, l supposed vorr husband
would wake up in tire morning rea't-e
that re had received a g1od lesson
and go his wav The strong drug !
used. along with the drink must nave
turned his brain. for yesterday 1
sneaked back to the old tenement
ncuse to find that ne had taken my
place as If he mad been Mr.. Johnson
all mis- life. Madam" and the mans
voice broke. 81 found something else.
4 poor dead brother OF mine had sent
two little tots to me Your husband,
loving them, caring for them, shows
the good man he 10. Come and i vii;
take you to your lost husband"
It was a swift automobile that took
! Mrs. Messenger, the real johnson and
the doctor and the lawyer in quest
of the real Arnold Messenger
Science and medical skill o re
stored the clouded mind to its norma;
functions.
The lonely home greeted the two
little children lovingly. Johnson was
found decent employment, and Arno',
Messenger vas q changed and a bette,
man.
Copyright, 1916. BY W. 9 chapn,4a.,