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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

I guest of MT. and Mrs. Leonard Barker Friends of Miss Florence Kelly will bs glad to know that she has recovered iron her recent illness and is the guest ol friends in. Columbus, o.
 Mrs. Charles C. Heidt, Jr., is convales. cent from serious illness at her home on South Twenty seventh street Miss Minnie Dryer has gone to Lo. Angeles. Cal, to be away two months Miss Dorothy Allen arrived Saturday from Sweet Briar college to spend the Easter holidays with her parents, MT and Mrs. Anson Allen. MT. and Mrs. Robert Knox Green have returned to Greensboro after a visit tc relatives in the city. MT. and Mrs. Henry Hiden, Jr.. have moved into a pretty little bunagolw or South Twenty-eighth street Mrs. John c. Henley Jr., is at home after visit to friends in Memphis. Mrs. Charles Stillman mas returned to Chicago after being the guest of Mrs Edward Cabaniss
 Miss Winona Poindexter has returned to Columbus, Miss, after being the guest of Mrs Victor Hanson.
 Dr. w. D. Powell, secretary of the Home Missionary board of Tennessee, has returned to Louisville after a stay with MT. and Mrs. L.. F. Harris.
 MT. and Mrs. Wade Olunam are at home after visit to relatives in North Carolina. ~a
 Miss Frances Coleman of Anniston is the guest of MT. and Mrs L. F. Harris on South Eighteenth street
 Dr. R. V. Mobley has been seriously i'll and has gone to Biloxi Miss, where he will remain two weeks to recuperate.
 Mrs. J. l.. Roscoe is visiting relatives in Troy.
 Mr and Mrs. N A. Barksdale have re- turned to Montgomery after a visit to their daughter. Mrs P. A. Eubank.
 Miss Tallis Taylor of Atlanta is visit ing her mother, Mrs. Boyd Taylor.
 MT. and Mrs. Claud Billingsley have moved to Thorsby to reside.
 FITS A. c. Carnegie of Urbana, o. is visiting her daughter Mrs. F. ts. Butcher
 Mrs. Frederick Sheehy leaves today for her home in Chicago, after a visit to Mrs. w. G. Mathais
 Mrs. J. E. Winston, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. F. Tur- nipseed. has returned to her home in Valley Head.
 Miss Leatha Odom of Jasper is visiting Mrs. Nettie A. Mitchell in Fairview.
 MT. D. c. Pharr is in New ' ork on busi- ness.
 Miss Clara Joel, who is to appear today at the Jefferson theatre in within the Law. will be entertained tonight at din- ner by Mir. and Mrs. A. P. Rich at their home on Glen Iris avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

heard her speak on An Outline of Old Testament History" This was a prepar- atory talk for the services of the rest of the. week and the audience was thrilled as Miss Taylor rehearsal again that tragic history of long ago.
 Miss Taylor will speak each morning at 1o:S0 o'clock at the First Methodist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
TEA INVITATIONS ARE RECALLED

Invitations to a tea this afternoon with Mrs F. s. Snedecor and Mrs. W. J. Mont gomery as joint hostesses for Mrs. c. l.. McNary of Salem, Ore, have been re- called on account of the critical condi- tor of Dr. Snedecor's mother, Mrs. M H. Snedecor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

THE WANTON BREAKING OF Q
 MOST IMPORTANT OF THE (

notable man once addressing a group of college boys advised them to "cut outs swearing, for the reason that it indicated an exceedingly liimted vo- cabulary 'aThe habitual swearer,' said he, "is man who has no command of language and too ignorant to express his emo- tions except by blasphemy." It was a note worthy comment upon very bad habit Is there anything that gets on your nerves more than to hear a man take the name of the Deits in vain? And as for a woman.you just feel like sending her home and telling her to get somebody to wash her mouth out with soap.
 Swearing has invaded in modern times many realms of achievement.
 Even the modern playwright shows a tendency toward such things in some of the plays we see.
 From lack of an expressive vocabu- lary he often takes refuge in the wan ton breaking of a commandment which he should honor.
 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain."
 In order to send a shock or thrill through an audience the playwright will insert what he considers his trump" card by having the william cry: My Godp'
 
 black mailing woman, the associate of crooks and gamblers, will ejaculate with fearful intensity the same phrase.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

great ability.
 Actresses themselves should rebel against lending their talents to such purposes, and most certainly play wrights should quicken their wits, and enlarge their vocabularies.
 Both author and artist should re- member that the seventh commandment is as enduring today as it was when 1t was written by the finger of God upon tables of stone, and delivered to His serevant Moses for the guidance of man.
 From Sinafs heights thunders down through all eternity the stern com mand:
 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that talkenth His name in vain.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
MOUNTAIN CREEK

Mountain Creek. March 15-(Special.) ] MT. Spear lumber dealer, has bought up all the heavy dimension lumber that the mill men here had on hand, aud now that the roads are in fair condition large shipments are being made from this point.
 Sunday afternoon at the nome of the brides parents, Miss Nellie Boyd, of this place, and Emmet Dennis were mar ried. SThere were a large number of friends present to witness the ceremony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
MISS TAYLOR HEARD AT
 FIRST METHODIST CHURCH

It is seldom that Birmingham has the privilege which 1t has at present in the visit of Miss Angy Manning Taylor of Chicago. Miss Taylor is Bible teacher of national reputation and those who listened to her masterful address at the First Methodist church Sunday afternoon on "The Importance and Value of Bible Study were impressed with her force as a teacher and her magnetic personality.
 Monday morning several hundred women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
GOLF TOURNAMENT
 AT ROEBUCK SPRINGS

Much interest Is being shown in the golf tournament which is to begin at Roe buck Springs club this morning at 10 o'clock. The qualifying round will take place in the morning and this afternoon the first match will probably be played.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
MISS EDGELL ADAMS
 TO HAVE RECITAL

The Music Study club will present Miss Edgell Adams, pianist, in the following pr oeramme Thursday, March IS, at Cable hall:
 Schumann. Kinderscenen Chopin, son. ate B minor; Brahms, Rhapsodie in E; Inter mezzo in E; Rachmomnow, prelude in B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

in the parlors of the Methodist church of Woodlawn.
 MT. and Mrs. J. A. briggers have named their little son Julian Albert Brig gers.
 Mrs J. l.. Marlborough and her daughter, Miss Florine Yarbrough, have gone to Blanton to be guests of relatives.
 Mrs. G. c. Lowe and her little daugh- ter, Margaret, have gone to Palm Beach, Fla. to reside.
 Miss Nellie Chapman is convalescent from a recent illness at her home in East Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
Two hundred dollars reward

Two hundred dollars reward for arrest of Dixie Pearson, ginger cake colored negro; age 21, height five feet ten, weight 17O, has high cheek bones, spreading nostrils, clean shaven, gold upper front tooth. Last seen wore soft gray hat, striped trousers, overall coat, blue wool shirt. Notify Mar shall, Courtland, Ala.
 R. E. CoBURN, JR., Mayor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
Ole Miss, Ancestors ain't Absolutely Necessary Adam managed to struggle along widout any. Yassum.

A play produced a couple of years ago in New York was fiagrant1y disgusting by the use of the name of the Deity and the sacred Calvary which were in- troduced in a jocose manner, when the play was already sufficiently humorous not to require offense against the direct divine command, and the reverential
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
MRS. NEWMAN TO
 COMPLIMENT VISITOR

Mrs. 2. Y. Moore of Kentucky, the at- trsctive visitor of Mrs. Arthur Watkins, will be honor guest this afternoon when Mrs. J. H. Newman entertains her rree Hundred club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
MISS JOEL TO
 BE ENTERTAINED

During her stay in this city, Miss Clara Joel, who has the leading role in Within the Law will be the guest of MT. and Mrs. Abe Rich
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
FLETCHER-S R-SCHAEFER
 ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

| MT. and Mrs. F. c. Schaefer announce | the enge cement of their daughter, Mar ths Dorothy to Nr. Eugene Wood
 Fletcher, the wedding to take place Wednesday, March "A, at their home at Vestal Heights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Birmingham branch of the South ern Association of College Women will meet this afternoon with Mrs. Frank Clarke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
RANDOM NOTES

Mir. and Mrs. James Shivers of Mobile
 are guests of MT. and Mrs. J. Pope Seals.
 Miss Hazel Higgins of Chattanooga is spending a few days in the city as the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
SELKOWITZ-AB -ABRAMSON
 ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

MT. and Mrs. H. Abramson announce the engagement of their daughter, Julia Green Abramson, to MT. Sam SelkowitZ,
 the date of the wedding to be announced later -s.fts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
MRS. TUTWILER TO BE
 CLUB HOSTESS

Mrs. Edward Tutwiler will be this ! weeks hostess to the Friday Night Bridge club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

The leaders say that to the new tarifY law cannot be attributed, at least exclu- sively. the conditions which prevailed last summer. The readjustment of business to the new tariff may have tended to in- crease the difficulties, but the tariff itself was not the primary cause. since these conditions prevailed before the tariff bill
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

of the city then developed provided
for future dignity and greatness, the
streets being laid out broad and
straight, ample provision made for
parks and promenades, and the secur-
ity of this ducal residence assured by
formidable Notifications. Mitau re-
mains today one Of the fine substan-
tial cities Of the north, and the ira
ditions Of its heydey are persistently
upheld in its many educational insti-
tutions.
"Mitau has a growing industry. Its
leading manufactures are iron pro-
ducts, linen, soap, wax-cloth, ink and
flour. Its trade in grain and lumber
is very large, these products being as
sembled at Mitau from the interior
governments and. then, sent to the
Baltic ports. AS throughout the Baltic
provinces, a large percentage Of the
people of Mitau are Of German des-
cent. and the German language was
heard with greater frequency upon its
streets before the war than was the
Russian tongue. Mitau counts some
forty thousand people, mostly Ger
mans, Let's and Jews, with but a
slight sprinkling Of Russians. 1t is
supposed to have been founded by the
Brethren Of the sword in 1865, be-
coming a port Of Russia in 1885,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

Every Available Plot 10 Planted to
Food Crops.

Food Crops.
The gardening season has been
marked by unusual scenes In the out
skirts Of Berlin, according to an AS
sociated Press dispatch. Everywhere
on unoccupied lots people have spaded
up the earth. The lots have been d.
vided up into smaller parcels, and the
latter turned over free to families
willing to cultivate them. Berlin and
several Of the adjacent municipalities
have helped by making appropriations
Of money, and Berlin has also contri-
buted some $1,000 loads Of manure
from the city stockyards. Thus
Greater Berlin hopes to contribute
considerably toward solving its own
food problem, and what Is going on
at Berlin is being repeated In every
town in Germany. In this way 1t Is
expected that the potato crop Of 1915
will be the largest ever grown In
Germany, and that the supply Of other
vegetables will also be greatly in
creased.
At present all food products con-
tinue to advance in price. Even the
commonest vegetables are from two
to threefold higher than they were
before the war began. Coffee and
tea, though they cannot now be i'm
ported into Germany at all, have risen
considerably less than vegetables.
Among meats, pork. the staple meat
Of the working classes has risen most
markedly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25
THE CITY OF MITAU
Russian Town Has Long Been Seat Of
Learning and is Great Distributing

Russian Town Has Long Been Seat Of
Learning and is Great Distributing
Point.
Describing Mitau, reported to be the
latest objective Of the Germans Baltic
campaign, the war primer Of the Ma
tional Geographic society says:
"Mitau is the capital Of the govern.
ment Of Courland, is 116 miles from
the port city, Libau, said to have been
captured recently by the Germans,
and about 3S5 miles by rail south
west of Petrograd. 1t Is a great dis
tributing point for the import trade
of Libau and Riga, as well as point
Of assembly for the export commerce
Of these ports. It Is situated on the
river Aa, in a fertile plain, more than
10 miles northeast from the German
frontier Of East Prussia. It was the
capital city Of famous Duchess Of
Courland, who became Empress Of
Russia in 1862, bringing her duchy
under the two-headed eagle Of Russia,
and who lives in history as Catherine
the Great
For more than seven centuries,
Mitau has been a seat Of aristocracy
and learning. Some 800 years ago,
when Courland had some importance
in the councils of Europe, and pos
sessed distant tracts in Africa and 9TH
er foreign colonies. Mitau was a cos
mopolitan gathering point for scholar
and artist and patrician; and the plan
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

fore a court martial of war, and later
executed.
Another woman dropped a letter
which read: Hurry up; the twentieth
corps arrives this evening"" She
dropped it at the gates Of Nancy. and
was straightway arrested. During the
battle Of the Aisne a woman was one
night discovered signaling from a
window to the Germans by means OF
an electric torch.
exploit by a woman at the front was
that Of pretty Italian in the pay OF
Germany. Until her arrest in Novem-
ber she travelled about in motor
car and managed to give the enemy
much valuable information about the
French troops. She had somehow pro-
vided herself with faxed passports
bearing the forged signature Of Sir
John French and General Joffre.
Attached to the garrison at Posen
was a young officer named Schorveder
who was very poor. He was deeply In
love with a girl named Ida Mullerthal
but, owing to his poverty, the pros
pect Of their getting married was very
remote.
The lovers trouble was known to 6
Russian secret agent, who approached
the lieutenant and offered him 5000
pounds for a plan Of the fortress OF
Posen. Dazzled by this offer the lieu
tenant agreed, but he found 1t diff
cult to carry out his task. His sweet
heart then suggested a cunning way
out Of the difficulty.
you shall tattoo a plan Of the
fortress on my back" she said. %
shall easily be able to travel to Rus
sia with it without being discovered
They carried out their fantastic ides
successfully, but the silly extrava'
gance in which the newly welded cou-
pie INDUCED after the girl returned tc
Posen aroused suspicion, and they
were both arrested.
You were trapped by a woman who
Is the agent Of a foreign power, and
so I am going to show leniency to.
ward you; but it cannot be much, the
crime is too great"
These words were spoken by Mr.
Justice Darling some time ago before
sentencing George Herbert Parrott
formerly a gunner in the navy, to foul
years penal servitude for divulgine
British naval secrets to German wo'
man spy.
The man met this beautiful woman
at a London music hall, and soon be.
came passionately in love with her
He was so completely in her power
that, forgetting honor and duty, HI
complied with her demand for infor'
nation.
It is owing to a woman's wiles tha
Germany possesses some plans of Gil
braltar. These were made from rough
sketches supplied by a pretty younf
German girl who stayed at Gibraltar
a few years ago, ostensibly for holi'
day.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

Tho Mark of Him.-Mrs. Jones was
a w. c. T. U. enthusiast and, as with
all enthusiasts, was inclined to be
jealous for the cause in season ano
out. relates the New York Evening
Post.
Huh, / don want to go to Sunday
school this mornin'," growled little
Tommy, as his mother was hurryins
him into his Sunday regalia- Mrs
Jones'll get to talkin' bout her old en-
perance, l dom care what the lesson
is"
Now, Tommy" demonstrated his
mother, "you know she did not talk
about temperance last week. when the
lesson was Cain and Abel
Didn't she, huh! She said Cain
acted like he'd been smokin' cigar
ettes."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

OFF the course.-A good many
years ago a steamer was sailing
down a certain river, with shrewd
old Yankee captain in command. Sud-
denly the engines stopped and the
steamer remained motionless for sew
eral minutes. The passengers began
to talk among themselves, and one
Of them, a portly, pompous person,
advanced to the captain.
What seems to be the trouble, cap
tain?" he inquired. why have we
stopped?"
TOO much fog" answered the cap
tain, curtly.
But can see the stars overhead
quite plainly" argued the persistent
individual.
"Mebbe We can," admitted the cap
tain, grimly. But unless the bilers
bust, we amt goin' that way!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25
Humorous department
Why He Was Fired.-"You ran

Why He Was Fired.-"You ran a
story a day or two ago." says a cor
respondent Of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, about a fellow who quit hi;
Job because his boss called him q
fool, thereby proving that his boss
was right. 1t reminded me Of another
fellow 1 used to know. This one go'
fired and didn't know what he was
fired for.
II met him on the street, and he
was looking pretty seedy, so I asked
him what seemed to be the trouble
And he told me he had been fired
from his job. And I asked him what
they fired him for, and he said he
didn't know.
"'What?' says l.; do you mean te
say that the boss discharged you with
out explaining why he did it?
".Oh, l guess he explained 1t all
right
".Then why don't you know?
81 was too drunk to understand
what he said"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

Executive AbiIity.-"You ask fol
the secret Of success. Well, one secret
in executive work is putting the right
man in the right place. Like Lord
Claud Hamilton, you know" said
Washington visitor, to the Star.
Lord Claud was travelling over his
line when a brakeman-or guard, as
they say in the old country-shouted
at Action station:
"Haction! Haction!"
Lord Claud smiled. A little fur
ther on, arriving at Hanwell, another
guard shouted:
""Anwell! 'Anwell;'
"Quick as a flash Lord Claud said
to his companions:
"'You see how difficult 1t is, Thorn
ton, to get the right man in the right
place. We must have that Action por-
ter brought here, and we'll send that
Hanwell fellow to Action.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

eral assembly in accordance with the
provisions Of the constitution Of South
Carolina, article 3, section 1, vesting
the legislative power Of this state In
the senate and house Of representa-
tives, and hection 18 Of article 8, pro-
viding, among other things, that NO
bill or joint resolution shall have the
force Of law until 1t shall have been
read three times and on three several
days in each house and has had the
great seal Of the state affixed to ii
and has been signed by the president
of the senate and the speaker Of the
house Of representatives, in that:
(a) The bill to create the South
Carolina tax commission and define
its duties and powers was introduced
in the house of representatives and
passed the same, when it was sent to
the senate and the senate made GER
tain amendments in the bill and re-
turned the same to the house for Its
concurrence.
(b) The house Of representatives
refused to concur in the amendments
made by the senate, and thereupon
the bill was sent to free conference
had by the appointment Of certain
members Of the senate and certain
members Of the house, and the free
conference reported in favor Of the
senate bill which was sent back to the
senate and duly passed and ratified by
It, The bill as ratified and passed by
the senate does not conform in terms
to the act passed by the house and ap-
proved by the governor, and the act
as approved and signed by the COVER
nor Is not the act passed and ratified
by the senate, and the senate Of South
Carolina has never passed and ratified
the act as approved by the COVER
nor, and as shown by its records, ar
entirely different act was passed and
ratified by the senate.
(c) That the senate bill which was
passed and ratified by the senate pro-
vided, among other things, for tax
board Of review to consist Of seven
members appointed by the governor
from each congressional district who
had power and authority to review
the action Of the state tax commits
sion, and differed from the act ap-
proved by the governor in other ma
terial respects, all Of which appear by
reference to the journals Of the SEN
ate and house of representatives.
(d) That the senate having ratified
one bill and the governor having
signed and approved a different bill
the approved bill lacks those essen
tials necessary under the constitution
to give it the force Of law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

Sold by tho Quart-Mrs. Fletcher
went up to the city one morning to dc
some shopping. She was looking for
some house furnishings, and went to
a large department store.
Walking up to a tall blond floor
walker who was walking slowly up and
down in languid elegant manner, she
said:
will you please tell me where
can see the candelabra?"
"All canned goods two counters to
the right" replied the official guide
briefly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

Diplomatic.-The new lodger had
an idea that the bottle in the far cor
ner of the cupboard was suffering
from sly visits.
Mrs. Brown" he said, my late
landlady was a most dependable wo-
man. You see that bottle?"
Il 'ope you don't ink that I'd stoop
to touch it, said the irate lady. 81
come from honest English parents,
do, and
Excuse me-" answered the lodger
suavely, Il am not grumbling at your
English parents; it's your Scotch ex-
traction I complain Of"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

A Wish.-Papa was sitting by the
table reading his evening paper. Gen.
orally, when he came across an item
Of interest, he read it aloud to mamma
Little William, typical little pitcher
with big ears" as a rule was not In
the least concerned about the items
his father read aloud. But the other
evening he was nightly interested.
Il see, ma" said papa, that the
fishermen around Cape Cod have gone
out Of the whaling business and"
Up spoke William promptly:
Gee whiz, papa, but wish you was
a Cape Cod fisherman"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

Not Enough Sdes.-According tc
Pathfinder, w. B. Trites, the novelist
said at a tea in Chicago:
Writers have a hard time at the
beginning, but on the other hand, af-
ter they arrive they live in clover.
But the beginning is hard. indeed
I met in the park yesterday begin
ming poet.
my dear boy / said, reproachful-
ly, that coat needs turning
"'Ah, go on!' he said Do you think
it's got three sides?'"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

A Warnins-"I wouldn't trust him,
she argued.
Neither would l." asserted the other
girl; hes as treacherous as a foun-
tain pen."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25

He Needed lt.-"Do you love sister
Clara. Mr.. Simpson," asked the little
brother frankly of the caller.
why, Willie, what a funny ques-
tiGa2" replied the astounded Mr.
Simpson, why do you ask that?"
Because she said last night she'd
give a dollar to know, and l need the
dollar"