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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
Real Estate Next

The high record activity in the iron and steel trade is making business hum here, and now that the railroads traversing the Birmingham district are showing increased earnings and the coal operators are beginning to re- port improvement in their industry, the real estate market will soon start on brisk upward movement.
 The real estate business is the first to feel depression and the last to feel new era of prosperity. But when the pay rolls are swelling month by month and all the iron furnaces and steel plants are operating at full ca pacity, the dealer in real estate knows that good times for him are surely coming.
 There is more activity in realty trading today than there was a month ago, but it is small compared with the scramble for good property that will be seen a few weeks hence. Now is the time for investors to pick up bargains. Real estate values will reach higher levels before the end of the year, and there is every promise of healthy realty boom in the early spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30

of the state or to any other county. Neither can they sell 1t nor give it away. Furthermore, it is unlawful for them to have in their possession more than five gallons of wine Violation of any one of these laws subjects the of fender to prison term.
 When the prohibition laws went into effect provision was made for allowing those who had large quantities of liquor on hand to ship it out of the state, but this privilege was granted for period of only thirty days, which has expired. Although legally entitled to their brothers estate, the legatees are forbidden by law to keep a valua- ble part of their inheritance. If the Legislature were in session bill could be passed for their relief, but the leg islature is not in session.
 The situation but illustrates the stu pidity and shortsightedness which have characterized practically all the prohibition laws passed in Alabama. When well known member of that body makes the charge that legislators frequently stopped the vote on certain measures to find out what they were voting for. 1t is no wonder that Ala bama has been made the laughingstock of the country. Perhaps some way out of the difficulty will be found, but if we were so fortunate as to inherit a cellar filled with excellent wine, legltimately acquired and legitimately owned, the temptation to sit tight in the boat and defy the Dogberrys to do their worst would be well nigh ire sistible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
Consider the Policeman

Every once in a while some so-called press humorist revives the anticipated joke about the policeman falling asleep on his beat, or about him being bone headed, flat-footed or beef or some- thing else along the line of ridicule.
 Isn't it about time to soft pedal this kind of humor and give to the police man the credit that is really due him for the part he plays in the every day life of this and every other city?
 As matter of fact, being police man is no soft snap. True, as we see him proudly walking along with care fully measured strides, swinging his club and moving slowly as if he had all day to reach his destination, his job seems to be an easy one.
 But, when one enters into more complete analysis of what the police man really has to door may have to do-the situation takes on an entire ly different aspect. A policeman may work for years without being called upon to risk his life, but when he leaves his home and enters upon his daily or nightly duty, there is nc knowing what he may encounter be. fore he is due to return home again.
 Every city of any size in the United States has it's roster of police officer. who died on duty--heroes who diet martyrs to the cause of public service
 When danger arises, there the policeman must be. If he fails to an swer the summons, he is branded [ coward and is thrown out of the ser vice. If he responds to the call of duty as nine-tenths of any big city's force will readily do, he is merely doing what he is paid to do.
 If he be killed on duty, it is merel! an incident in city life and except il . close circle of family and intimat' friends, it is soon forgotten.
 Some cities, however, have show recognition to heroic blue-coats b. erecting monuments to those who wer' slain on duty. Notably among thes' ar6 Kansas City and Chicago. And i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
Effect of Foolish Legislation

The governor of Alabama and other state, as well as county officials, are unable to say what disposition shall be made of legacy of fine wines, re- gently inherited from the estate of a deceased brother by several women residing in a county of north Alabama. The wines were bought before the present prohibition laws went into eff feet. A pretty legal problem is pre- scented by their ownership, one which is puzzling some of the ablest lawyers in the state.
 According to the drastic prohibition laws now in effect it is unlawful for the owners of this wine to ship it out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
From the Decaturs Daily.

From the Decaturs Daily.
 ]" HE right of a newspaper to print
 the truth was upheld at Birming-
 ~ ham yesterday. In suit for dam- ages against The Age-Herald the Jury held that the statements published were true. as proven by a number of wit nesses, and that the plaintiff could not recover.
 The decision is a far reaching one in that 1t reflects public sentiment As the jury sees so does the general public see, as a rule. Or to be more exact, as the genera! public sees so does the jury see. Accepting this premise as true, it is a natural and logical inference that the rank and file--the masses from whom juries are selected--still revere the pro foundly American doctrine of the liberty of the press. They are not willing for the wings of the press to be clipped by the eternal fear of damage suits every time a little error creeps into the paper, or every time some person with a longing for a little more lucre develops case Of hurt feelings.
 American journalism is conducted on q high plane. It is rarely ever the case that purposely perverted or distorted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
A WAR POEM

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 Robert Service, the Canadian poet, ap- parently had made a discovery. A French priest had taken a verse from the body of a British soldier after the battle of the Marne, and encountering Mir Service engaged in Red Cross work, had presented to him the piece of paper with it's scrawled lines MT. Service later sent the verse to an English newspaper with the comment, This is the best war poem I have ever seen.' It was as follows: ..They say that war is hell, the great ac-
 curss,
 The sin impossible to be forgiven; Yet I can look upon 1t at its worst,
 And still see blue in heaven.
 For when I note how nobly nature s form
 Under the wars red rain, deem it true That He who made the earthquake and
 tho storm
 perchance made battles, too
 It seemed a literary find But the publication of the verse stirred memories, and reference to the files of the London Times revealed the interesting informa- ton that the poem had been published in that newspaper eight years before and was written by the late William Alexan- der primate of Ireland
 The source of the poem having been dis- covered and the fact that 1t was written in piping times of peace, revealed there has been tendency to minimize the vir- tues of the primate's lines. Perhaps MT. Services estimate is not a true critical assay. But the poem had received the sincerest of admiration. It served as an inspiration to one whose nature nopiy formed under the wars red rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
THE GERMAN WAR DOG

In the November Popular Science Monthly and Worlds Advance, Johann Gottlieb, who is in charge of the war dogs of the German army, gives an en- tightening description of the work of these faithful animals on the firing line. Ha says:
 leash holding him and receives the com
 mand, Find wounded he rushes in the direction indicated. He noses around through fields, forests and swamps. Moved by his instincts of smell and hearing, the war dog rarely misses finding a wounded soldier. This is especially true when a
 number of dogs operate together. When a war dog has found a fallen soldier, he picks up a knapsack, bread pouch. cartridge box or gun, with which to report his discovery, or If nothing is at hand. the dog, returning, by jumping up to his master, or by characteristic ex- pressions, makes known that he has found a wounded man. The master then fastens
 the leash and gives the command to go in the words: Where is the wounded?
 The leader and a corps of ambulance
 men, stretchers in hand, follow. In a sim liar manner. battlefields are searched for wounded soldiers, regardless whether
 the fallen men are friends or enemies Very often the presence of a wounded soldier Is not discovered until the dogs have been set loose. The visual faculty of the dog as rule is not greater than that of man; In fact, the very opposite Is true. However, his sense of hearing is very marked, and. above all, the sense
 of smell. Even when wind blows most unfavorably, the war dog knows how to overcome the resulting difficulty. With
 the nose on the ground or raised in the
 air, the dog sniffs and rapidly examines
 remarkably extended area. In order to accomplish the work performed by dog in an hour, ambulance men would have | to labor for days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30

is an example that might well be fol lowed by other cities, for the police man is public servant whose value is usually too lightly estimated.
 True, he may not be a college grad uate. Of Greek, Latin and higher mathematics he may be wholly inno- cent. His manners may be bit rough, but, if he be the typical American policeman, he is man, every inch of him, and brave heart beats beneath his blue uniform.
 Of courage, both moral and physical, he has ample measure. In short, he is worthwhile factor in the scheme of life and he works for small pay.
 Of course, in Several of the large cities graft charges have been fixed upon policemen, but this should not stand as black mark against police men as class, for be it remembered that for every policeman throughout this country who has been convicted of graft, a score or more of civilians have also been proven guilty. So the fact that very small percentage of policemen have gone wrong is no justi- fication for applying blanket of con- demnation. ..
 Let us look upon the policeman through optimistic and justice-loving eyes. Let us give him credit for all the good there is in him-and if we do that we will find that the police man isn't such bone-head, such a flat-foot as the press humorists have depicted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
MORTALITY

By Conrad Aiken in the Atlant Monthly. 70 that the ;dust,had eyes to see the su N When he fejofpes in an. April sky. R Believed [ thiS more Tranquil mig Soft in the dust, when my bright da.
 are done. Or had 1t ears to hear this wind th'
 passes,
 Or hands to feel the softness of tn
 rain Trulyto lie with dust were not sut '% pain, Dust softly closed about by roots Rdt to forego this exquisite gift 'iS''' sense Laughter in sunlight. love of love
 things;
 Have the worlds beauty that the fu heart sings scattefed in darkness.t fatii6mless, In And all the laughter that was I al
 persed. Never to be united. nevermorei O Earth. reach hands to mo; wa
 the shore Of some black ocean. pitiless and q Roach hands to me! lest I be swe And near this music crumbls dow 'N Hs Mke clay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
Interesting Price statlstic.

The Matthew Addy company's iron market report says in part:
 Tt was eight years ago this month October, 1s07-that the great col lapse in American industry took place. Since that time until June this year pig iron steadily went down hill. The yearly average prices of No. 2 foundry Birmingham iron, f. O. b. Cincinnati, have been as follows: 1907, $23.1o: 1903. s15.S3; 1909. s16.06; 1910, s14S5: 1911, s1s.62; 1912, s14.96: 1913, s14.sS; 1914, s1341
 To-day the price of No. foundry (southern) in Cincinnati for spot de- livery is $1540. In the early spring o. b. Cincinnati. This is net advance of s3.50 per ton. But as yet prices are not even to the point where they were in that calamitous year of 1908, when the very foundations of busi- ness seemed to be falling together There is no question but there Is still plenty of room for pig iron prices te largely advance before they reach a point where they will be so high as to be top heavy. And prices have not yet reached by any means their normal | level as of before 1907. The prices of | finished goods are in most cases well up and the prices of raw iron are dis proportionately low.
 There has been this week con- tinuous demand--no wildly spectacular rush, but 8 steady buying day after day. And while sometime ago it was thought that all the iron needed in 1915 had been bought yet such is tn. expansion of trade that much more is needed and large part of the current ! purchasing is for quick shipment over | the balance of the year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
Mr. Buek Here

C. E. Buck. formerly of Birmingham, but for several years an upbuilder of Chattanooga, is registered at the Mol ton. He is enjoying good health and is exceedingly buoyant over the in- dustrial activities throughout the county.
 "A few weeks ago it was stated that on the first of January l would put in blast the furnace of the Chattanooga Iron and Coal company. of which l am president, but I have showed up the schedule month and will light the stack December l." said Mir. Buck. The iron market Is so strong and the prospects for continuance of pros perity so bright that I will lose no time in getting in the iron procession.
 T have sold some iron for the first quarter at SIS and some at $13.50. I expect to see higher prices before 8 great while."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
A REsT1vE HOST.

Henry" remarked Mrs Twobble, "I've been thinking over something I want to say to you.'
 "Shootv' said MT. Twobble. briefly.
 "what?'
 Excuse me. Proceed"
 q wish you would try to appear more at ease when we have company in the house. You are not afraid of people, hope?'
 NO" answered MT. Twobble. thought fully. "It isn't that. The people you in- vitc here make me so confoundedly un- comfortable with their high-brow talk that I sometimes wish they would try to start something, so I could show them what an old-time football player can do In a scrimmage''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
LoNG-HEADED

From the Chicago Herald.
 Senator Lodge was talking in Boston about certain investigating committees. They are like the brook he said, they flow on forever. Some of them, in fact remind me strongly of Si Hoskins.
 "Si Hoskins got a job last spring al shooting muskrats, for muskrats overran the mill owners dam.
 .'There. in the lovely spring weather, Si sat on the grassy bank, hts gun on his knee: and, finding him thus one morn- ing. I said:
 What are you doing, Si?'
 l" I'm paid to shoot the niuskrats. sir, he answered They're underminin' the dam
 There goes one now. said I. Shoot mani Why don't you shoot?'
 "Sl puffed a tranquil cloud from his pipe and said:
 " Do you think I want to lose m: job?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
A MODERN HrGHwAvMAN
m the st. Louis Post Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Post-DrSpatcn
 We newspapers frequent say good
 things about bad men after they are dead.
 and bad things about good men while
 they are alive, but it Is rare that we en-
 joy the privilege of saying good things
 about a bad man while he is alive and
 kicking
 At the risk cs being thought highly im- moral by those whose favorite parlor pastme is picking flaws in a fearless press we embrace the glorious oppor- tunity of applauding a highway robber, Frank Smith is our ideal of a high way robber and the best bad man of}hil kidney we evsf heard of. He isy the hero who enlivened Magnolia avenue the other night with a series of Decent hold ups He held up three pedestrians fol dimes, and two bartenders for beers Then. when chased. he refused to use hia loaded gun on his pursuers. but when ovsrtaken submitted to q bloodless cap ture. Abuse him, let those who will 1 But we gay, if one must be . highway n an, take Frank Smith for a model A robber who will commit five hold-upa for a cents and two beers at what ex- penditure of courage is no less than l sport, as robbers 70, Sui generis, solug distinguished a beautiful example of self 1 restraint. like the hungry man who ate his soup with a knitting needle. human itarian, an elevated character-we propose l to so the limit on him, certain that wt
 shall never have Ike opportunity. Who 1 else in the robber line concedcs 50 much | to hard times? What model he Is for . lot of sure-thins monobolies! People wht
 have secretly coveted and fancied thrill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
OUT OF IT.

''Son," remarked the studious fath you should begin early and lay foundation of a good library k five already started, dad"
 What books have you bought?"
 "Oh, practically all the best sellers. ''Umph! I started my library with Bible and a copy of Shakespeare
 ''I know it, dad. And when there's bunch of live wires around you're . a dead one.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
Government Field Agent Here

F. w Gist, field agent of the Uni ted States bureau of crop exhibits, is in Birmingham. He is an Alabamian and is one of the oldest young men in the government service. Ills Alabama headquarters are at Auburn, where he and other government agents work in cooperation with the Alabama Poly technic institute.
 The governments last estimate of the south's cotton crop was 10,950. 900 bales,' said MT. Gist "The next and final estimate will be issued Decem- Der 10
 Uncle Sam's crop reporting, as ev- eryone knows. is very thorough. The final estimate varies little from the final report of the ginning.
 ''In several states, including Ala bama, the boil weevil did a great deal of damage this year, and the pest will; be much in evidence again next year; but the damage can be greatly min- imized If the stalks are plowed under This will be done very generally.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
Prosperity in Rural Section.

The fine results of crop diversiflca- .tion is now being seen in very many sec tions of Alabama" said Joseph Beitman. The farmers and country merchants are
 in better shape than they have been in
 many years; some of them in better shape than they have ever been. Even those farmers who suffered most from the boil weevil raised enough foodstuffs for their own needs, and had some of their diversified products to sell.
 q was in Pickens county this week. The weevil was very bad there. Some of the farmers have decided to plant no cotton next year or the year after or the year after that. In that way the boil weevil can be got rid of. Those who in- tend to plant cotton in 1916 will blow the stalks under just as the government ex- perts advise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
BEwILDERED.

Did you have an expert lawyer to c, duct your case?"
 Did I?" replied the confirmed litiga Before that fellow had been speak half an hour I didn't know whether assume an air of conscious rectitude look guilty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
HEALTHIER WALL ST. MARKET

From the New York Herald
 With decreased speculation in most of the spasmodic war contracts stocks and larger dealings in railway issues, with improving prices, the Wall street mar kets are assuming a healthier aspect
 A cabled rumor yesterday that Germany was preparing to submit the terms of a peace was sufficient to chill the war stocks" The public has no real knowl- edge of the earnings or intrinsic values of most of these properties the stocks of which have sprung up like mushrooms overnight.
 With strictly enforced publicity through periodic sworn statements the railways afford full information, and now that unprecedented harvests and expand ed industries are employing their full ca pacity their securities are moro attractive than those of pig-in-a-poke war con tracts ' issues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
HYPHnNATnD NEWSPAPERS
rom the Anniston Star

From the Anniston Star.
 Getting tired of talking about hyphen. ated Americans the Columbia State re. fers to hyphenated newspapers. mention ing the following:
 Birmingham Age-Herald.
 St. Louis Post Dispatch.
 Louisville Courier-Journal. Jacksonville Times-Union. Richmond Timesr Dispatch. Pittsburg Gazette-Tiples.
 Memphis News-Scimitar. Seattle .Post-Intelligencer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
MAKING \ HIT
ne Christian Register.

From the ChrIet1an Rcg1ster.
 An advertisement of recent sale ran tEus: "The choice collection of bric-a- brac offered for sale Is so unusual that it may safely be said each piece in 1t is calculated to create sensation among people of artistic sense. Immediately on entering the room the visitors eye will be struck by a carved walking atick of great weight and beauty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
A LAY OPINION.

q understand thea last sad rites { about to be administered to the Fede league"
 q don't suppose pulmotor would any good in a case of that sort''
 "No. The league was pumped too f of air to start with. That's why it ploded."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
THE QUEST.

'1s it very hard to get liquor in this town?' asked the anxious visitor.
 Depends on what you call hard an. swered the old resident. You may have to hold secret conferences with great many people in the lower walks of life and finally trust one of them with a cer- tain amount of money in hand without any guarantee that he will deliver the goods. but after perhaps an hour of watchful waiting the chances are that you will find yourself in possession oi a quart"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30

reliable informant says the moving picture producers always have a large number of ambitious young women on hand who are anxious to break into film dom. By the way, what's become of the old-fashioned girl who wanted to go on tho stage?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
THE DECADENT PIONEER

From the Memphis News-Scimitar
 Personal prohibition is keeping pace with political prohibition in wild and wool'y places. The other day banquet was given to the old settlers. where noth- ing of liquid nature but artesian water was served. Thirty or forty years ago these old timers would have demanded something stronger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
Railroad Du.ines. Increasing

There is a steady increase in freight traffic on our line and on the roads of the south generally said R. l.. Simpson, general freight agent of the Southern rail- way.
 We had it dull for long time. but in September there was decided improve lnent and the improvement continues
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30

Those members of President Wilson's cabinet who decline to commit themselves on woman suffrage should have the cour- age of their convictions. A cabinet office Is appointive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
HANDICAPPED.

Tommy, don't be so rough with Fid, "Shucks. ma! Ffdo aint no mollyct dle, even If his hair Is curly and y put ribbon around his neck.p