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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
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| TYA HE recent launching of the
 first barge on the Warrior river. k.s,Ssz.ssy to be used by the Pratt Con GxAeSg5 solidated Coal company tc
 transport coal to Mobile and the gulf, and the general increased interest that has been shown by prominent capi
 talists and managers of some of the great corporations in the Birmingham district. has caused a great deal of favorable comment among people generally as to the great benefit that will accrue to this district when this waterway is finished.
 It is considered by those who have given thought to this question that the completion of this waterway will be of lasting benefit to the coal operators and manufacturers, as it will do much to equalize rates on raw materials coming into the district and on the manufac- tured products going out of the district
 Much has been said about what effect the completion of the Warrior river canal will have upon freight rates, and there is no question but that the towns along that canal will be greatly benefited So far as rates are concerned, but will the completion of the Warrior canal, which IS 50 miles Dy rdli rom BlruAlnBna1n, Zf miles from Ensley and 39 miles from Bes- semer, give water rates to those towns ? Many do not think so. Much has been said about the building of railroads to the now practically completed Warrior river canal. and the statement has been made in the press that this would make us water rate town and put us on 2 par with other water rates towns, so far as rates are concerned. But the qdestior is. will the building of railroads to the Warrior river make Birmingham water rate town? If this is a fact, there are many other towns in the south that are in a short distance of river transporta- tion by railroads that do not have the ad- vantage of being water rate towns.
 Would Not Solve Problem
 The building of railroad. it is to be feared, would not solve this important problem, as it can hardly be expected that the interstate commerce commission would show any discrimination in our favor over other inland towns that have railroads that reach navigable water. When the committee of the Chamber os Commerce visited Washington in tho in. forest of this canal, they were assured by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

son of what can be done by impound- ing water.
 Now, the government will finish it's work on Look 17 next month and if we wish to ever extend this canal to Bes- semer, now is the time to go after it, for the reason that the government could float the machinery for putting in locks and dams up to No. 1 look on the Valley river division at a saving of at least s250.000, whereas, when the government finishes its work of Lock + and the machinery is shipped away 1t would take a long time, if ever, to get the government to consider starting work again on the Valley river division. While the writer Is aware of the great influences that are being brought to bear against the effort to bring this water transportation up to Bessemer. in the belief that the scheme is not feasible, a closer study into this important ques- tion and the unquestioned favorable re- suits that would accrue, by being able to say that we have water transporta- ton to the gulf, would convince the most skeptical of the feasibility of this propo- sition.
 Put in Four Locks and Dams
 Nature has provided the canal up to Bessemer and all that man will have to do will be to aid nature by putting in four locks and dams to bring this water trans portation up to the pipe works at Bes- semer, where the loading basin can be located and where all the railroads of the Birmingham district can reach it. Perhaps a great many will say: ''As long as you have to load the commodities on to the cars you might as well take them on down to the Warrior river canal. '' But can anyone believe that there would not be great advantages when it came to the question of competitive rates. to be able to load the finished products of our mills and factories on barges at Bes- semer and transport them to the Gulf of Mexico? Would there not be an ad- vantage to the district when 1t comes to the question of rates to bring in or ship out heavy commodities. slow moving com modities to the Birmingham district by this canal, and load and unload them al Bessemer? While this Warrior river canal question Is being considered so fa- vorably, why not revive interest in tho continuation of the canal on up to Bes- semer? Many will say why not builc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
Self Praise

From the Louisville Herald.
 Tramp Oo editor, who is hurrying pasD-Sir, couldn't you help me lit- tie, please? gave you a helping hand once.
 Editor--What do you mean, fellow ? Tramp-Don't you remember that burglary by Jim Crockett and his pals some years ago?
 Editor-Yes.
 Tramp-And how your report of 10 just set the Howler's circulattop aboomin'?
 Editor--Yes.
 Tramp-WelL I'm Jim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

the canal on up to Birmingham?" The government has adversed the building of the canal up to Birmingham on the grounds that it would cost too much to justify the expenditure. MT. Ripley, in his report, said that the excavation of canal Up Valley river past Birmingham Is feasible and that the water supply for the Valley river division is insufficient" The Valley river in his report extended f1Cm Five Mile creek to Bessemer and the river division from Bessemer to the Warrior river. There is nothing in En- gineer Ripley's report that casts even shadow of a doubt about the practica- bility of building canal up to Bessemer on Valley river.
 Take Bessemer End First
 And then again the question of water had to be considered and they have always maintained that there would not be sufficient water for the canal up to North Birmingham. Had we not better be satisfied with a half loaf than with none at all? I repeat, would it not be something for us to be able to say that we had water traspor- tation the year around for our finished products of our mills and mines from Bessemer to the Gulf of Mexico? IL seems to me that this question Is im- portant and that now is the time to go after it before Lock IT is finished so that the machinery there can be floated up to No. 1 on the Valley river. The filling of the dam at Lock IF will make navigable water six miles up Valley river toward Bessemer. Why not continue the canal on up to that point and let the future decide wheth- CT or not it would be desirable to build the canal on up to North Birmin gham The canal to Bessemer would give us water rates; a railroad to the Warrior canal would not. as the rates would only apply at the point where the rail road reached the canal. There Is one thing certain, the government is not going to build a canal up to Bessc- mer if we do not show that we want fl We must go out after the canal prop. osition if we want 1t and now Is the time to do it.
 Show Visitors inc proioct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
Show Visitors the Project

Those who have shown any interest in this water transportation matter have noticed that during the month of
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IE recent launching of the first barge on the Warrior river.
 to be used by the Pratt Con. solidated Coal company tc
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02
a HOME CLEANING HINT.

Small linen or holland blinds can be
cleaned quite easily at home if you
only take a little trouble, and espe-
cially if you have seen that they are
regularly busted all over with a soft
buster every week.
To give them a thorough cleaning,
take them down, lay them out Hat on
table. and thoroughly dust. Then
rub them all over evenly and quick
with bran or stale breadcrumbs. Re
move all bran or breadcrumbs with a
clean buster.
If they are very soiled they will re-
quire careful washing, and this should
be done at a regular cleanser's.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02
D|XMUDE A CITY OF
WRECKED BUILDINGS
THE WEALTHY MERCHANT TOWN
is NOW A HEAP OF
RUINS.

Washington, d. c., July among
the European towns that were before
the war, but which long continued
hail of shells and explosives have
swept away, is Dixmude, a months
long center of the Flanders battle
theater This city, as it was in 1914,
is described in today's National Geo
graphic Society statement:
"Dixmude, the melancholy little vii
lage of yesterday and the ruins of to-
day. was once brave, wealthy mer
chant city, with more than 10000 in
habitants. In the days OF its prosper
ity, it was a port for large ships, and
the products of many countries filed
its warehouses. In those days, 1t was
strongly walled and Fashioned city,
and it's well-trained citizen soldiery
knew how to uphold the honor of their
thriving port upon the sluggish User.
The German invaders, however, found
no evidences of the old-time walls and
Notifications, nor Of any User quays.
'fDixmude just before the war has
tened the final process of its oblitera-
ton, was a decaying village of LOO
people, with grass and weeds growing
in it's sleepy streets and in its large
Grand Square, that square roOmy
enough to hold in comfort a mass
meeting of twice the towns pOpula-
ton. This large square, the splendid
Church of St Nicholas, that stood upon
it, and some solid, old, stone houses,
lining the crooked streets, remained to
bear testimony to Dixmude's earlier
importance.
Much of the city's splendor was
wiped out by the soldiers of Client and
Bruges in the middle of the 10th cen
fury. During 1853. enemy troops
burned 300 homes, the palatial guild
and corporation halls and the chateau
at Dixmude. It's walls and the palaces
of its merchant princes were destroyed
long before the present war.
when Dixmude became one of the
key positions in the Flanders cam
paign, it was a substantial quiet VIII
| LACE. The martial and mercantile
fame of the the town had sped. It's
chief renown was that of its superior
butter and eggs, and that of the sing
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02
TO TAKE HOLIDAY.

Jackson, Miss, July 2.-Business IN
Jackson will be entirely suspended
next Monday, July 5, as most OF the
mercantile houses have signed an
agreement to close their places OF
business, owing to the fact that the
fourth of July comes on Sunday this
wear. The proprietors of business
houses seemed to agree that their en-
ployes were entitled to the usual holt
day.
The state house will be closed, 1t
was announced today by Secretary OF
State ]. w. Power, on Monday, and it
is probable that practically all OF the
state officials and clerks will take o
day off.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02
MOTHERS DEMANDING
TWILIGHT SLEEP
IT'S JUST A STEP IN THE FEM
INST MOVEMENT, SAYS WO-
MAN DOCTOR.
Oh Associated PrcSS.l

Chicaco, July 2.-"The demand by
mothers for twilight sleep is but
part of the feminist movement SAID
DR.. Sarah NJ. Hobson, Of Chicago, at a
meeting of the Obstetrical Society of
the American Institute of Homeopathy,
here today. Dr. Hobson, who is secre-
tarv of the Institute, was discussing a
paper on "The Technic of Twilight
Sleep" by Dr. Florence Ward of San
Francisco.
1.-THE feminist movement calls for
the opportunity of living in accord
with evolution of the individual and
society, rather than to be bound by
tradition" continued Dr. Hobson.
"Eve rejects the materialistic inter-
probation of the ancient theology
Saved through childbearing' and is
likely to retort: 'If Adam were al
lowed deep sleep" for an operation
uI d 1CW LiilutCos NNioohu S"AiiSAe
Sleep" forgetfulness of the anguish
of six to twenty-six hours.
1.-The observant mother has always
been the keenest critic of medical pro-
cedure. 1t was the critical mother
who was prompt to charge the gen.
eral practitioner with carless cleans
ing of the clinical thermometer.
nassed from mouth to mouth. 1t was
the woman, both mother and club
woman. who made caustic comment
upon the medical essayist who, al
though famous for surgical technic,
moistened the finger with saliva to
turn the pages of his manuscript.
The technic of twilight sleep, DR..
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02

ing, or, better, trilling competitions of
its blind finches. The natives spared
these shy birds, and, that they might
sing undisturbed by the presence of
onlookers, they were blinded by the
soaring of their eyes with hot irons.
These singing competitions between the
birds were held on holidays, and mon
ey prizes were distributed for the
sweetest trilling. Accomplished birds
often brought their owners large sums.
More than 1000 trills in one hour by
one of these sightless finches was a
Dixmude record, and as proud a one
to the burghers there as is a baseball
pennant in an American city.
"The town was medieval in ap-
pearance. Many of the houses had
windows screened by heavy, rust-eaten
iron bars, and heavy, one-piece, wood
en- shutters. Some of them were very
ancient. and, thus, valuable memories
of Europe's struggles. St Nicholas
Church, an imposing structure with a
Gothic tower, was the towns principal
boast, and its interior contained some
exquisite ornamentation work, pat
terms carved in stone as delicate as
rare, handmade lace. The altar screen
was priced as one Of Euro sa-r,.4.
vels'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02
POET SUED BY WOMAN.

Boston. July 2.-That the ways to
literary fame are still rough and
stormy, as in the days of Milton and
his Paradise Lost" is the opinion of
Alfred Noyes, the English poet, who
was arrested at Harvard last week
after delivering the Phi Beta Kappa
poem to the great scholars OF the East,
in a civil suit brought by a woman
manager of a lecture bureau. The
napers in the case are returnable to-
morrow and it is expected at Harvard
that some adjustment of the case will
be announced.
Mrs. Alexina c. Darrell, the woman
who brought the suit, says she took
action because she believed the poet
had not treated her just right. She
declared Noyes had come to Boston
helpless as a babe in the woods,
and added:
81 had to arrange social entertain
ment for him, have his baggage
checked arranged for his taxi across
Boston. and have him taken to Wei
lesley and to various functions, often
at my expense. In spite of this, Mr.
Moves did everything possible to eX
clude me.
"He came here from New York in
an upper berth on a sleeper. | sent
him back on the boat, with a state
room. at my own expense. Long be
fore he came, ! had made elaborate
arrangements for his lectures. l Sc
cured endorsements for him that crowd
ed out other distinguished persons
The amount for which I am suing
$1,000, will never recompense me for
nv services to Mr.. and Mrs. Moves.
am prosecuting him as matter OF
principle"
The arrest of the poet created a
sensation at the Harvard commence
ment. There was nothing spectacular
about the arrest, but it shocked those
who had listened to the learned poem
the En2lishman delivered to learn that
the poet had been arrested as he left
Sanders Theatre.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02

Hobson pointed out, comprises the
following
% Environment of quiet, reject
ing all external irritation of nerve
centers.
e Initial minimal dose of morphin
or it's derivatives.
CD Continued observation by a
train attendant.
(D A stable preparation of scope
lamin.
60 Repetition of the minimal dose
which will keep the patient in the zone
of amnesia, that is, perception of i'm
pressions but no memory.
co NATURALIZATION of the patient
in order to maintain not absolute I'M
consciousness of pain, but a drowsi-
ness, rousing during pain to exert
muscular contraction, but with no
memory of the anguish.
"This is a narrow zone and demands
a nicely of technic which forbids eth
er spectacular exhibition or a hurried
day of miscellaneous medical prac-
tice," said DR.. Hobson. Infinite pa
tience and painstaking attention mean
time and money in order to give each
patient the close observation, particu-
lar environment and correct minimal
dosage necessary for the individual
case"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02

Quick Cinnamon Bread-Sift tOgeth-
er twice half a teaspoOnful each OF
salt and cinnamon, three teaspoontuls
of baking powder; cup of flour and
half a cup of sugar. Then add beat
en- egg mixed with half cup of milk
and four tablespoons of melted butter.
Spread in a sheet in a big layer cake
tin and sprinkle with cinnamon and
sugar. Bake in a quick oven and
serve warm.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02
QUICK BREADS.

There are various substitutes for
bread, other than mullins, that can be
made in a remarkably short time
Here are some of them, excellent for
breakfast, luncheon or Sunday night
supper if such a meal is numbered
among the twenty-one served in your
house each week:
Cinnamon Buns-Sift the following
dry ingredients: Two cups flour, two
teaspoons baking powder, one-half tea
spoonful salt. Then rub in two tea
spoons of butter or other shortening
and enough milk to hold together,
about a quarter of a cup. Roll out on
a Toured board, brush with two table
spoons or less of melted butter, and
sprinkle with two tablespoons each Of
raisins and currants and half cup of
brown sugar and a little cinnamon.
Roll like jelly roll and cut in slices
about two inches thick. Bake in a
creased pan for about twenty minutes,
then brush with hot milk and mo-
lasses, and brown.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02
KINGS ARMY" WANTS EN-.
by Associated PrcSS.)

London, July when the last call
for 100000 men was issued it was
Lord Kitchener wants men" and
'Kitchener's army" that the big adj
vertisements called to public atten-
ton. Since the Northcliffc papers
criticised this part of the recruiting
campaign there has been a change in
the advertising. The reference now
is to 'the Kings army" and the God
save the King" which was in small
type at the bottom of the first adver-
tisement is now in large type at the
top of the recent ones.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02
WOMAN'S PART IN
THE NEWS TODAY
MERMAlDS MEET.

San Francisco, July 1.-The first
girls swimming championship race
ever held in California will take place
today in the big tank at the Exposl-
ton. The race is over the so yard
route and the result will carry with 1t
the Pacific Association championship
TO he held by the winner for one year.
The best swimmers of the Coast Will
be selected today to enter the girls
international swimming races to be
held at the Fair on July 16 and IL
when the girls from other sections of
the country will be entered.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-02
Bp FLORENCE E. YODER

destination. But the Broadway men
the middIe-class girl dances with at
these functions have their price. She
doesn't want to be a wall-fower. She
wants to look popular and she pays
for it. Her partner is hired as a
dancing teacher or professional part
ner. and the way is opened for fleeing
her.
Among those who attend the after
noon dansants in New York is first
and foremost the young girl whose peo-
pie are unaware of her whereabouts,
and who is ostensibly out on some
shopping expedition. She has reg
ular passion for this form of diversion,
and everything is certainly made very
attractive for her, even to provision
of the male partner, who, although she
has to pay for his attentions, is a very
DI6S6uldDIC specimen NlCWCu ltOIll INC
outside, and who has cultivated all
the ballroom airs and graces to a fine
art. Small wonder that the suscepti-
BILE maiden is willing to produce her
diminutive purse and pay a by no
manner of means diminutive price for
his cOmnanVi
It is claimed that where the working
girl on the East Side was in danger of
the saloon dance-hall gangster, her
sister in a higher stratum of society
is in danger from a more refined edi-
ton of this gentleman, who might be
aptly described as the social gang
ster"
The strong minded lady, who is
fighting this battle with such energy
maintains that the sweeping away OF
the social gangster will include