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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11

Paris. Mir Jones since visiting Bir- mineham last fall has been to the Ia- c:fic coast on business for his com pany. He said yesterday that business conditions we're getting better right along and that indications pointed to very substantial increase before the end of the year. Mir. Jones will be here until the meeting of the bankers is concluded.
 Brietling Visits Garber--G. T. Briet ling of Deopolis, connected with the Robertson Manking company, is attend ing the bankers meeting. He is the
 guest of Al c. Garber, president of the Birmingham Clearing House associa- ton, at the Ridgely. Mir, Brietiing said yesterday that cotton sales in Demor- ellis, which is a great center, were get ting better and that conditions W re l Improving very rapidly. He saic that many well known citizens of this state had achieved success in the black belt operating stock farms and that the movement was spreading very rapidly. He said that Alabama would soon De | furnishing all of her meat instead of
 buying supplies from the western l plains.
 OutcauIts Associate Here-IA L. Lat | our. associated with R. F. Outcault ere ator of Buster Brown, is at the Tutwilef. He arrived yesterday to attend the meet | irg of the Alabama Bankers associa- | tion MT I.atour is one of the best story | tellers who ever visited Birmingham. and he is constantly surrounded in the lobby and elsewhere at the Tutwiler with friends listening to some of his yarns" He is the originator or the celebrated story involving the swim ming abilities of a race track loafer. The story is known from Gadsden to Mobile in this state. and Mir Latour is constantly called upon to repeat the narrative. He is in the advertising busl- ness and has succeeded in placing with many banks in this state as well as other business concerns great deal l of Buster Brown ads and copy MT. Latour said yesterday that the bank meeting in Birmin gham was of de- cided interest and that he had attended very few which were so successful on the first day. He will remain until the meeting is concluded and will then go 1 to a meeting of the North Carolina Bankers association
 sharpe of Piedmont Here-H. c. Sharpe of Piedmont, assistant cashier of the First National bank of that city. | is attending the bankers association convention. He is connected with the | bank of which Arthur Wellborn of this city is president. Mir Sharpe said yes adjacent country were fine.
 We are starting new bank there, ' said MT. Sharpe, and there is every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
ODD FELLOWS GRAND LODGE
 CONFINES IN CITY TODAY

in the state Is vitally interested. It is understood the report will be very satisfactory.
 Officers and standing committees of the grand lodge are:
 Grand master. R L. Bradley. Vernon; deputy grand master, George Huddle- ston, Birmin gham. grand warden. George Stiefelmeyer. Cullman; grand secretary. IL C. Pollard. Huntsville; grand treasurer, ], C, Bowie. Talla- dega; grand representative. George l.. Jenkins. Ensley tdeceased). grand rep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11


 in the world if the cattle tick was killed off and he urged such practice by every farmer in Alabama. He reiterated the slogan of the Alabama Crop Campaign that Alabama Must Feed Herself He took up the subject of good roads, stating that they not only enabled the farmer to market his crops and enjoy life, but they increa sed the values of his lands to great percentage.
 Judge c. k. Thomas of Prattville, chair man of the agricultural committed. reed report which was enthusiastically re- ceived by the convention, and 1t was moved that it be spread on the minutes and 1000 copies printed to be distributed to every banker of the state. The re- port recommended rural credits system for Alabama as the most important things the bankers could do for the state. It took up the diversified agriculture move ment. giving details as to the work that had been done recommended the abolish ment of the one-crop system, the cattle tick the boil weevil and similar pests of the crops and live stock industry of the state. He declared that the one-crop system was costing the farmers of Ala (ContEnued on Page Ten.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11

President Conner said it had been dem- onstrated that as fine cows and hogs could be raised in Alabama as anywhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11

At 10 o'clock this morning Grand
 Master R. L. Bradley will call to or der the seventy-fifth annual session of che grand lodge of the Independent order of Odd Fellows of Alabama a' Fraternal hall and without further ceremony the business of the grand lodge will be commenced. The eonven- tion will last two days and will close with the installation of George Hud-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11


 fesentative, Walter K. McAdory, Bir- mingha grand marshal O. s. Finch. BirminRham; grand conductor, R $. Whaley. Montgomcry grand guardian. \. I overall. Birmingham; grand her uld. Charles I.andstree., Fort Payne.
 Home Trustees---John Ellis. chair man, Anniston. j. E. Blackwood, sec retary, Gadsden: K. E. Lee, treasurer. Cullman; Frank Brown. Decatur; r. ]. Cramton. Montgomery
 Standing Committees-Creden dentials II, C. Pollard of Huntsville. Ike YaretziSy of Selma. J C. Howle of Eclectic Peii- tons and appeals. E- G. Rickaby of Mobile R. T. Simpson of Florence. A. F. MeGehee of Anniston. Finance, Mac Freeman of Wetumpka, Victor K. White of Hamilton. S. Batson of Blr- mingham Home committee, GeoI ge S+iefelmeyer of culiman, George Hud- dieston of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
PERSONAL SIDE OF BANKERS, MEETING
[. Conner. president of association; E.

encouragement for the new institution We are in good shape and the outlook appears better every day
 sterne Helps Receive-M. H Sterne of the Traders National bank Is de voting all of his energies to entertain s ing the delegates and visitors to the bankers meting. He was at the Tut wiler all yesterday helping in every way possible to get the delegates reg istered and giving them every. possible service. He said last night that the starr had been very good and that most successful meeting would result.
 Garber Representing Clearing House. Al c. Garber. cashier of the Merchants and Mechanics bank. and president of the Birmingham clearing house. has taken a three days vacation from the bank in order to devote his entire time and attention to the visiting bankers. MT. Garber was busy all of yesterday helping to make the first day pleasant for the visitors. He Is widely known among the bankers Mr. Garber thought yesterday that the meeting bids fair to be the most successful in many years.
 President Conner Optimistic-G.L l., Co., mer of Eufaula, president of the Ala a- pama Bankers association, which con . vened here yesterday, is very optimistic over the business conditions as well as the outlook for the future. He was the exposure of all eyes in the Tutwiler lobby yesterday. He is one of the most widely known of Alabama bankers and has been honcred time and again by the association. He said that the Alabama Bankers association was in excellent shape and that a great deal of construc- tive work was being carried on by the association.
 Business Is getting better every day, said MT. Conner "The liauidation which was insisted upon last fall has proven to have been a most meritorious step by our people and the results havo been even better than the most san guine expected The increase in busi ness has been very steady as well as substantial. l am very optimistic oves the business situation. Birmingham I am glad to observe Is apparently busy, and l trust that the premier city of our state will continue to grow stronger and better as time passes"
 Titus of New York Present-A H. Titus of New York, one of the National City bank officials reached here yester- day to attend the meeting of the bank. CTS. He Is widely known in this state among bankers and is always accorded a warm welcome at the annual meet ings. MT. Titus said yesterday that con ditions would continue to improve grad ually and that the depression would soon be past.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18
DIRECTORY.

Greenwood Lodge 1856 r. q A. NJ.
meets on the Isl Monday in each month.
]. r. knight, W. NJ; S. l. Osborn,
Sec'y.
Greenwood Royal Arch Chapter No.
i12 meets on the 4th Monday in each
month. Harry Hosmer, H. p; 5. ].
Osborn, Sec'y.
w. P. Mellen Council No. 8, Royal
ard Select Masters. meets on the End
Monday in each month. G. B. Stewart.
n. /. NJ; E. o. Simmons. Recorder.
Greenwood Commandery No. "a X.
r. meets on the 3rd Monday In each
month. e. r. McShane, E. Ct; s. l..
Raines, Recorder.
Al Of the above named bodies meet
in Masonic Hall at l04 and LOG Main st
A cordial greeting and . hearty wei
come 10 extended to all visiting mem
bers and . standing invitation 2 here
by extended to meet with ~ when -
Greenwood.
Resident members Of any Of these
Masonic bodies. vino lave thSir mem.
1ership elsewhere, are cordially invited
to unite with us.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18
AN ORDINANCE.


In relation to the cleaning and keeping
of hog pens.
Be il ordained by the Council of the
City of Greenwood, Mississippi:
Section lst 1t shall be unlawful to
keep hogs in pens which shall be per-
mitted 10 become in such condition as
to be q nuisance or hurtful to any of
the inhabitants of the City of Green
wood, or to permit said pens to become
and be kept in such condition as to pro.
duce offensive and uawholesome odors:
an ! said pens shall be regularly cleaned
and all offensive and decaying animal
or vegetable matter, and all Stops, fou
liquids, or waste from kitchen sinks,
and the droppings from said hogs, shall
be removed n c each day from said
pens, or oftener If necessary to pre-
vent the creation of offensive and I'M
wholesome odors and smells which
shall be Objectionable to any person
residing near said pens. or passing
along any Of the streets of the City of
Greenwood.
Section End. Be it further ordained
that any persons violating the provis-
ions Of this Ordinance shall be fined in
in the sum Of not exceeding $50. 90.
Approved June 18th, 1915.
6. L. RAY, Mayor.
Attest: WARNER WELLS, Clerk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18

Take The Commonwealth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18
HEALING WELLS" HIT By
INJUNCTION.

GreensiIle, Miss, June Ia
Miles Healing Wells" mecca for
thousands of sick and crippled
during the past few weeks since
the wells broke into prominence
following an alleged vision re-
ceived by Geo. Miles, were or
derei enjoined by the State board
OF health. The district attorney
was directed by the State board
to enjoin the wells,
Claiming that water from the
healing wells" would cure all
ailments, Miles has drawn Te-
groes and many white persons
from all adjacent states. Aduss.
sion Of Is cents was charged
whites, and 10 cents negroes
The average daily income WAS
$50. Sunday attendance totaled
1000, and daily 500.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18
All Cats look grey

him the biggest discount off a ii. Z
specially printed up for that purss@s
So thinks the Man whose ~.
averages nearly half of his entire
running Expense, when it need ~
age %one-fourth, if he would ouIy NJ
his head and, once for ali ~ IA
Tire Game.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18
RESTORED TO GOOD HEALTH.

81 wa sick for four years with
stomach trouble" writes Mrs. Otto
Cans, GAINESVILLE, Ohio. IL lost weight
and felt so weak that almost gave up
hope Of being cured. A friend told me
about Ctanberlain's Tablets, and since
using two bottles of them | have been
a well woman" 0btainable every
where.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18
COLORED STATE TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION MEET HERE.

The Colored Teachers Assccia-
ton Of the State will convene here
on the 23rd, 24lh and 18th of
June. All are expected TO send
their address to w. J. Davis, Box
1913 Greenwood. Miss. All come
prepared TO make this session enc
OF the best in the history Of the
work. Resp'y, ". j. DAVIS.
Principal Colored Schools,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18

An ~Englishman has Just paid $4,000
Of indebtedness from which he was
freed in the bankruptcy court 10
years ago. The amount represented
many yeas Of savings and II d.
ogenes were alive today II might be
worth while for him 70 look that Eng.
tshnan over.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18
Whenever You Need q General Toris
Take firnye,S

The Old Standard Groves TasteIess
chill Tonic is equally valuable as q
General Tonic because II contains the
well know tonic properties OF QUININE
aud IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-26

Whether to be worn to gather vege-
tables or flowers from the garden or
to 60 a-marketing in the morning or
for the drive about the country every
woman wants becoming headwear.
And it seems she is destined to be
gratified. for the garden hats and sun
bonnets of today are as carefully
planned as the dress hats with which
fair women fortify themselves to meet
the critical eyes of their peers.
Cretonnes, ginghams, chambrays, and
new fancy cotton weaves have been
brought into unfamiliar service and
used in new ways to evolve the home
made headwear that is illustrated in
the picture given here. Even the
plain little sunbonnet manages to be
becoming and prettily frivolous, while
it fulfills its mission of shading the
eyes and protecting the neck.
Some of the new cotton fabrics, such
as cotton gabardine or cotton poplin,
are of just the right weight and body
for these pretty bonnets. Plain white
tape or binding braid makes an at
tractiye finish and adds to the firmness
of edges and shapeliness of the capes
and brims. There is quite a variety
in paper patterns for making them and
they are designed to be easily laun-
dered. There are the time-honored
ginghams and chambrays. more beau
tifuliy colored than ever, to be used,
and combinations of plain and figured
fabrics where fanciful bonnet for the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-26
TAKES WAR LIGHTLY
Russia Shows Little Evidence of
Great Conflict.
Determination to Win and Break Ger
man MiIitarism Is the Spirit of the
Cars People-No End to
His Armies.
BY SLOAN GORDON.
of the Chicago News.

Correspondent or the Chicago News.
Petrograd, Russia.-How the great
war has drained the human reservoirs
of France-how the boulevards of
Paris are manless wastes: how the call
to arms has taken male Germans from
the farms and the villages and the
cities; how rare are men of fighting
age upon the streets of Budapest and
Vienna, and how, even in London,
there Is noted a marked falling Of
in the number of visible male beings
all these evidences of the effects of
international blood letting have been
set forth in countless columns in the
newspapers of America for months.
That the stories are true of those
German and Austrian and French and
even British centers there can be no
reasonable ground for doubt-the nu-
merous authorities attest their accu.
racy. But it may be set down that
this is not true of Petrograd. To all
outward appearances in this war cap
ital there is no war. There are evil
dences here and there of great mill
tary activity. There are daily drills
upon the public squares and there are
Red Cross signs in great profusion.
But of men, or, rather, the absence Of
men-there is no such thing.
Great, mysterious, brooding Russia
the unfathomable Russia-goes
about her daily ways with a noncha-
lance that is battling to the western
mind. Her streets are crowded-the
streets of oetrograd and of Moscow
and even of Warsaw, where the fight
ing lines are but few miles distant.
Tens of thousands, literal hordes of
men of all ages jostle and crowd along
the famous Nevsky Prospekt from
morning until night and far into the
night The hotel Hobbies are damned
with men and women in flfrs and
finery.
rs 1t always like tfis?" exclaimed
an American who has spent many
years in Petrograd and other parts Of
Russia, in response to inquiry. We'll,
Just about. I wouldn't know there was
war going on If it weren't for the
newspapers.
Russia" he continued, lis going
about this war business with an air
of confidence that have never seen
before. II is not quite the same con-
fidence that your typical Britisher dis
plays, the sort We always associate
with the English and which has been
variously classed as bullheadedness.
arrogance, egotism and plain nerve.
II is none of these with Russia. 1t
is merely a concrete national example
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-26

of what is really underneath the sur
face-a Russian individual character
istic. Your Russian is a fatalist in
great crises. When it comes to
something really big he settles down
to an imperturbable calm, shrugs his
shoulders. and takes his medicine"
That the general attitude of Russia
toward the war has changed since hos
tilities began is testified to by those
who have observed
IN the beginning Of the war" said
one of these observers, a Russian mer-
Giant with large interests in Petro-
grad and Warsaw, I'VE felt that we
were fighting only to repulse an en-
emy-to prevent invasion of our ter
ritory. There was little show of bit
terness against the Germans. But it
Is different now. This war has done
more to make Russians think and to
draw them together than anything
that has ever happened in the historv
of the country. Today there is fixed
determination to fight it out to a
finish and to end the probability of fu-
ture conflict by destroying Prussiar
militarism. That may sound strange
to those who have looked so long upon
Russia as a military nation, but it
is nevertheless true. A. new feeling
of patriotism has been born"
And do you know" he added, much
as though it were a matter of course.
that it is impossible for Russia to
lose-for the allies to lose this war?
Russian resources of men and money
are too vast. Why, there are a mil
lion young men arriving at military
age every year. Russia could lose a
million every IL months, which is in
conceivable, and still keep her armies
in the field in undiminished number.
Russia can feed her armies, and never
feel 1t. All the blockades in the world
cannot affect us! We raise our own
food, and can and will make our own
supplies of every sort, if necessary.
We have the money, we have the
men. and, by heaven. We have the
SPIRIT"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-26

To be practical for all the demands
of a journey, long or short. to be COM
Portable, are the ends sought for in
this suit of good wear-resisting serge.
1t is one Of the plainest and quietest
of models and is presented for the con-
sideration of those who are preparing
for summer outing which may take
them over land and sea. in cities or
to the wilderness.
An easy adjustment to the figure, a
certain masculine severity and SIM
plicity of line in this suit, have re-
suited in meeting that demand for a
combination of the smart and practi-
cal.
The skirt is plated with a straight
panel down the front and back hav-
ing two wide plaits at each side. 1t is
cut ankle length and finished with a
three-inch hem. There are small peck
cts at each side and the waist extends
three inches above the normal waist
line. The short skirt is the only one
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-26
DODGE FOE MONTHS.
British Soldiers, Separated From
Command, Have Exciting
Time.
Play Hide and Seek With Germans
for Nine Months, Cross Frontier
Behind Enemy's Lines and
Escape Into Holland.

Rotterdam.-There have just cross
ed the Belgian frontier behind Ger
man lines and come into Holland, six
British soldiers. These men were at
Mons, in the tragic days Of August,
and were cut of from their regiment
in the great retreat. They crept
through the encircling Germans, and,
for nine months, have been fugitives
in France and Belgium, living in fields
and dugouts. They have passed
through experiences probably with
out parallel, playing, through all these
nine months, a game Of hide and seek,
to have lost which would have meant
summary execution.
James Carrighan told me the history
sof the adventures:
1T was on August 26 that the Ger
bans got round US properly. Our
little lot of odd men were collected,
and went into one trench. The Ger.
mans are surrounding u.s. said the
captain. Then we heard the call to
Cease fire. Don't mind that, men,
said the captain. "A German is sound
ing it.
"Se we kept plugging away. Three
times the Germans sounded the call
Cease fire. Then the captain stood
up to send four men out to the flank
He got bullet in the heart and was
killed instantly. then tool
command and gave the word to charge
We went at them once, but had tc
retire. A second time we charged
- got hit in the hip.
"The third time. when we had an
other go, it was pitch dark. We had
to come back again, and found there
were only seven men with me. We
were absolutely surrounded.
But we managed to hide in ditch
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-26

Germans only six fields away.
I'VE dug a sort of trench along the
fence, to hide in. The farmer gave us
civilian clothes, and We worked for
him in the fields for three weeks, pn-
der the noses of the Germans. Then
we had to clear again.
I'VE divided into three parties. My
little party of eight got into field,
where we made a dugout. We lived
in this for a month, stealing out at
night to get food from some people
in a village close by. While we were
there a Frenchman brought US a no.
tice which had been stuck up by the
Germans in the villages about. This
said they knew where there were Eng
lishmen hiding in the district, and
that if we did not give ourselves up
we would be shot when We were
caught.
I'VE made another trek, and then
lived a month in a hut, which we
built in corner of a field. Then a
Belgian guided us to a village"
What happened to the fugitives al
ter this must not be disclosed, as 1t
might implicate friends who helped
them to escape. Private jenkins has
scratches on his face and torn
clothes, as a result of creeping
through the barbed wire into Hol-
land.
For the first six months the six in
trepid fugitives wore their uniforms
under their civilian clothes. Said
Private Carrighan: I'VE were de-
termined to stick to our khaki"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-26

tary training. Teach young men and
boys to be soldiers"
where we stayed all night. Next morn
ing we found ourselves in little pad
dock, only two fields away from the
Germans, in the middle of their lines.
So we lay low all day.
Then eight Frenchmen crawled up
to us. We managed to keep out OF
sight until most of the Germans had
gone on. We had most of the time in
orchards, and lived on pears for ten
days. We were then a party OF
twenty-one, eleven English and ten
French.
AS we were desperate for want OF
food we decided to make for vii
lage and fight to the last man If we
met any Germans. Just before we
left the orchards twelve Germans
caught two of our French comrades
and bayoneted them without giving
them any chance to surrender if they
had wanted to.
I'VE got to a village, making our
way along the railway line and
through the forest. Here We all
lodged in a barn, and a woman, the
best soul we ever met, brought us
milk three times a day.
"The Germans, who were searching
for us, were in a horseshoe shape
round the village, and were closing in
on us. Private Jameson, a scout, and
good one, took command. He got
us out, nearly under the noses Of
twelve uhlans. We got into a field,
and stayed there for a month, with